Word: mentality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...used to be a freshman, now he's probably a senior. He might be from a competitive high school, but it's equally possible that he's from a small town. Chances are he's pre-professional. Along with many other students, he (or she) is flocking to UHS Mental Health Service during the reading week anxiety period...
According to Dr. Randolph Catlin, chief of clinical services at Mental Health Services, what amounts to 5 percent of all undergraduates "walk in" during each Reading Period, 10 to 15 percent more than the usual number during other times of the year. Students complain of trouble concentrating or sleeping; they say they find it difficult to organize their studying or have been more irritable than usual with their roommates. Catlin notes that this "significantly high" increase--a total of about 40 students--occurs again during hourly exam times...
...catching exam anxiety early, he points out, is that if the exam anxiety is triggered solely because of the exam--because the student hasn't done the work, or didn't understand it--the problem can be transferred to the Bureau of Study Counsel, which works closely with Mental Health Services...
...bulk of Room 13's visitors are freshmen. Up until two years ago, that was true for Mental Health Services as well, but now this is changing. In what Catlin called a "very significant shift," more and more seniors are seeing therapists. Seniors are increasingly concerned about what they'll do when they leave Harvard, concern about what comes after college ... Reading Period is a pretty stressful time, and exam anxiety, for seniors in particular, is often more a concern that they won't be able to succeed--that they won't be able to fulfill their goals, rather than...
...Well now, "said the professor "I know a lot of bright history students who just have a mental block against writing blue book essays in a high pressure exam situation. Suppose you sit right there and I'll give you an oral exam instead we'll just have a released conservation about the course...