I have contest phobia but I do great in school?

[Wowszers That's Funny! =]]

practice at home. have your friends set up a fake contest at home like i did with my presentation in class and my interview. i did great at home in my room but i didnt have anyone around to help me bring my confidence up. so fake it and take it seriously so you wont be in the contest all giggles and nervous and just imagine that you're the best, you won this already, and they thought it was great it helps my mentalilty

 

[lilly]

Hi everyone, my strength is in chemistry/biology. I get really good grades at school, and I'm one of my teachers' top students in both classes. However, they always recommend me to write some science contest. and I always do VERY bad on them. I fail them.

I don't know why but my mind just blanks out during a contest, I can't even do the simplest questions and I answer all of them wrong. But after the contest when I bring the questions home and do some of them again, I get the answers.

Can someone tell me how can I improve my contest performance? I'm REALLY not comfortable with contests. The entire idea of writing contests is nerve-wrecking. It ruins my confidence also. Thanks!