Jen Lilley Instagram – It’s time for another round of random facts about me with a random photo. This one’s a bit longer so I had to screen cap my facts (swipe to see them). Posting because I truly hope it inspires & encourages you. After writing these, I emailed my Professor. Thinking he wouldn’t remember me but he should still be thanked. He wrote back, correcting my dates, & even included his recommendation letter of me to UVA. 1)I used to have such bad test anxiety that I would almost pass out. Way back when I took the SATs & the top score was still 1600, I would always get over 1500 on my practice test, which were simply old SATs that one would use to prepare. However, when I would get to test day, I would almost pass out because I wanted to go to the University of Virginia since I was about three years old, and I knew that you had to get a minimum of 1400 in order to get into the school. So I would shake so hard my pencil would fall to the ground and then once I picked up my pencil, I would shake so hard my paper would fall to the ground and I would just lose very valuable time. I have no idea if they still time those tests but they were timed when I took them. I think the best I ever got was 1310.  (I had to take it multiple times due to overwhelming anxiety). It wasn’t until my first year of College when I attended James Madison University, that a professor of geography pulled me out of class one day and said I don’t understand how you’re not getting a perfect score on every test. You know every single answer in class to the point that I don’t call on you because we need to give somebody else a chance. But when you get to the test, it’s like you think I’m tricking you and you miss answers that I know you answered correctly during lecture. Anyway, long story short, he talk to me about my fear and asked me why I put so much pressure on myself, and I told him it was because UVA said if I got perfect grades, they would let me in as a transfer student. I did end up transferring to the University of Virginia, and I suppose that was fate because I never would have found acting if I hadn’t gone on to UVA, but I will never forget that professor because he changed my entire life.