SAT--done!

After 3 days of TAKS testing and sitting in one room for hours on end (and being SILENT), I was not lookin' forward to another standardized test, especially not on a SATURDAY! Ask anybody in my TAKS room, I was sitting/sprawled out on the floor the SECOND the last test was turned in.

But, for some stupid reason I decided to wait and take my SAT in May. Why I didn't take in in say September? Or February? I honestly have no clue. So I pull into Langham at 7:20 this morning, and by 7:45 I'm sitting in a huge room with everybody else who's last name falls between M and T (I think the U-Z room would've been A LOT less crowded!) waiting to get this thing over with.

1 Essay (time limit: 25 minutes)
6 25 minute sections (2 math, 2 critical reading, 2 revise/edit/grammar/usage type things)
2 20 minute sections (1 critical reading, 1 math)
1 10 minute section (revise)

For the SAT the point scale goes like this: correct answer = 1 point, no answer = 0 points, wrong answer = -.25 points. So you get penalized if you guess wrong, so if you don't know it's better to leave it blank. Ultimately, you could end up with a negative score.

Finally, at 1:00 we were all able to leave. THANK GOODNESS! I'm pretty sure my butt wasn't going to last sitting in that chair any longer. I came to the conclusion that the SAT is all about endurance: whoever can get to section 7 without going crazy and losing all motivation will ultimately score the best. I am hoping to get around at 1800, but A&M's SAT requirements are really low, so I should be okay and not have to retake it!

So, I've spent the last 4 days taking standardized testing, 3 to graduate high school, 1 to get into college, so now I get a fun night right?

Wrong.

In the next 2 weeks, I take 2 AP tests for actual college credit. So, the rest of my weekend is dedicated to studying for them!! I take history on Friday the 7th, then English the next Wednesday on my birthday (aww thanks! that's exactly what I wanted, how did you ever guess??). Luckily I already have college credit for the history class because I took it dual-credit (all you have to do is pass the class and you get the credit if you stay in Texas), so as long as I don't go out of state, I have that to fall back on. And English shouldn't be too bad I'm hoping.

So, what am I doing still blogging? Good question, should probably go grab the highlighters and AP Review Books. Oh joy. What a fun Saturday night!?