undergraduate – adj. describing a student at a college or university who has not yet earned a degree

application – n. a formal and usually written request for something, such as a job, admission to a school, or a loan

standardized test – n. any form of test that requires all test takers to answer the same questions, or a selection of questions from common bank of questions, in the same way, and that is scored in a consistent manner

academic – adj. of or relating to schools and education

prefer – v. to like someone or something better than someone or something else

anxiety – n. fear or nervousness about what might happen

confident – adj. having a feeling or belief that you can do something well or succeed at something

practice – adj. describing the activity of doing something again and again in order to become better at it