Dreams about exams – what do they mean? (dream interpretation exam, test, trial)
Dream interpretation exam, test, trial. Dreaming that you are going to take an exam or actually taking an exam (and maybe even failing?) is a very common theme in dream interpretation. Actually, this theme is one of the ten most remembered in dreams. But what does it mean?
Exams in dreams as a symbol of a real trial in life. Yes, it really is quite simple. Often the dream is about an upcoming – or a finished – test or exam in life. This can be a real school exam or another type of trial or test (job, relationship etc.). It has been proven that people who work in performance-related jobs (for example giving talks and lectures, teaching or management roles) often dream about being at exams – or quite simply dream about the situation in which they feel they are at an exam (their job situation which they see as a trial or test, that is).
Dreams about exams (or tests) might symbolize an upcoming decision that needs to be made about you rather than by you. It can also symbolize a new phase in your life (maybe becoming a parent), and the question is then if you’ll pass or fail.
Dreaming about exams as a symbol of low self-esteem/self-confidence. Naturally, the dream might also mean that the dreamer (you?) is living with a sense of low self-esteem; that you don’t think you are living up to the trials in your life, but it might also mean that you perhaps have an unacknowledged performance anxiety or anxiety towards authority.
If the low self-esteem or the performance anxiety is dealt with, well, then you might dream that you are passing your exam, and you may realize that the exam you are taking in your dream – and that you are exposing yourself to in real life – may not even be necessary!
Also read: Why I no longer interpret dreams for free
NOTE: Dream interpretation is not always an easy skill, and when you dream about taking exams, it is almost certainly about something different for you than it is for someone else dreaming about exams. It is crucial that you feel the interpretation fits you, and it might be the case that the above interpretations do not suit you and your situation.
Have you had a difficult dream about taking an exam that you can’t really understand or that you’d just like to share? Feel free to comment below.
Dreamt that I was at a friend’s house studying for an exam. An ex work colleague was there and started giving me tips about the exam. I replied that I had already sat and passed the exam which I had. I was just studying for the sake of it I like to take exams. They thought that was really strange and we all agreed I should stop studying. I tore up the book and was happy
Dreamt that I was at a friend’s house studying for an exam. An ex work colleague was there and started giving me tips about the exam. I replied that I had already sat and passed the exam which I had. I was just studying for the sake of it I like to take exams. They thought that was really strange and we all agreed I should stop studying. I tore up the book and was happy
I dreamt while in an exam then friends were helping me copy they even gave me there question papers but couldn’t note anything down so I asked a friend to write for me 🤔 and she did
Dreamt writing exams even though complete school not long ago
Mine was! I had a dream about receiving my tests. Thanks
In my dream, l saw that I passed all the exam with the best grade
I have occasional dreams that I forgot to take a college final and I won’t graduate or get credit. I wake up extremely agitated. I am decades out of graduate school and I still have these. The last one I needed to go online and complete some tasks which I realize I forgot. When I was in college, there was no internet. These are scary dreams and apparently more common than I knew.
I always dream of writing exams in my university.. And i have this my bestfriend in school then that dont talk to me in my dreams…. Last night i dreamt that while others where writing exams in secondary school i was prpearing for jamb. L.. I saw my classmate and she was asking me to pay my school fees…. But i told her i have passed that am now writing jamb.
Dreamt I was in my secondary school but at my present age (in real life I graduated secondary school since 1994). Could not find my school uniform and was not allowed to go into the exam hall to write since I was not wearing the right uniform. I ran to my house twice searching for my uniform to no avail. Only I kept discovering many unwashed clothes under the bed and in different corners of my family house.
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I dreamt writing an English exam in my family house was so confident writing it so l thought l had finished then l got frustrated not finishing the exam so my late mum was the invigilator she went and talked to the head of examinations so was given 15 more minutes my mum encouraged to finish l was difficult l wrote most of it don’t know if l finished l then woke up
At that time I was praying to God to reveal to me my ordained husband and all through the period I was doing this prayer,I was dream of writing exam,there was on I had,the exam was held in my primary school but was and higher institution course,I was so late for the exam that when I entered the class,the invigilator was already collecting the answer sheet,I had to beg him to allow me write and then he said I would need to talk to the owner of the course downstairs where he was invigilating students I was higher than, I begged the owner of the course and he accepted and put me in the midst of the students I was not in the same level with,I couldn’t write anything because I didn’t know what to write. Another was that the answer was on the board for me to copy to my sheet but I couldn’t write ,in as much as I want to.
I dreamt, that I was preparing for an exam with my college graduation friends. We gave one subject test & I think I passed it and preparing for next test but the second subject was different which I never studied in my graduation
Then someone informs me about a classes so I went there and saw few of my college friends (same with whom I gave my test) standing first in the line and exhausted, while going their I was thinking it’s a waste of time rather will stay at home and study, I even told my friends the same, but they said let’s give it (classes) a shot as we are standing here a long time.
I dreamt about writing exams with a old school friend . when everybody was writing i didn’t even know where to start but I was given cheat and I wrote
I have been dreaming of writing test with old school friends for years now. In the test hall I would be worried, unable to write anything. Even when friends give me cheat I am unable to write them down and always unable to submit my works.
I dreamt that my sis and I,was having a test exam,we both didnt know what to write then one of my friend gave us phone to google the answers but before we submitted our work the lecturer refuse to collect the script and said we submitted late
I dream that I failed the final exam for my advanced degree which I have at the moment and all my friends have passed. I am very ashamed in the dream, and the friends I dream of are not even my classmates when I was in college, but friends from elementary school. I’ve been having this kind of dream for the past 6 years.
Mine waz! I couldn’t write anything…waz confused in the exam Hall…don’t know… could help and interpret that… THANKZ
In my dream I was running out of time in my exam and was frantically worried that I would not finish the paper. I think the above interpretation fits perfectly with my current work life. Thanks