SAT/ACT Dayze

Yes, I know that I spelled days/daze wrong. However, I intended to combine the two words. :-D

For those who have been keeping track of my college quest, you might be anxious to know what my SAT scores were from earlier this month. Well, I am happy to say that I did pretty well. There are 3 major portions of the SAT that you are graded separately in: Critical Reading, Mathematics, and Writing. The highest possible score you can receive in any one section is 800 points. In reading and math I received a 690 out of 800, which is above the middle 50% of students at the 4 schools that I am applying to. In Writing, there is a sub-section essay score and I received an 8 out of 12 which I think is really good considering the prompt was stupid. Anyway, as the grand total for the Writing portion, I received a 600 out of 800, which is within the middle 50% of the one school that had the statics up. As a whole composite score, I received a 1980 out of 2400 total points. I think that these scores are pretty good, especially considering that I didn't do all that formal studying. :-D

Now, about the ACT. Saturday I took my ACT test plus writing. I don't know when I will receive back my scores because they take something like 8 weeks to send it in the mail. LAME! Anyway, I think that I did alright on the multiple choice sections: Reading, English, Math and Science. On the writing portion, I think that I said some really good examples, except I was attempting to fix a grammatically incorrect sentence when time was called and I had to put down my pencil. LAME!!! So, I know that my essay contains at least one obvious error, which is very aggravating to think about. Oh Well, I can't really change anything now. Well, besides that, I kinda started running out of time on the reading portion so I was only able to skim the passages to answer the questions. I still think that I did fine though, because you don't lose points for wrong answers. YEAH!

Anywho, I will try to keep you posted. For now I need to go get ready for the Math 2 and Chemistry subject tests that I have on this Saturday. No rest for the weary I guess. (At least not for procrastinators. :-D)

SAT

Well, today is my SATurday. I took my very first SAT this morning and it was a good experience overall, I think. I'm pretty sure that I did very well on all of the math portions, just because they seemed easy and I'm a "math person." On the reading/English sections, I think that I did well, nothing seemed too hard. I'm not sure how well I did on the essay because the topic was really simple and kind of hard to do an in-depth discussion. (I'm way better at analyzing than opinion or other writing.) So, to make a long story short, the SAT was easier than I expected and I think that I did pretty good on it.

I must say though, they REALLY need to reorganize the way they administer the break time. For those of you unfamiliar with the SAT Reasoning Test, there are 10 sections. The first section is an essay and all of the following portions are either regarding math or English/reading. Well, after the essay section and the first two other sections, they administer a 5 minute break. Then you do 2 more sections followed by another 5 minute break. Then, you end it all with 5 sections, no breaks. I must say that they should either add another break or put the breaks closer to the end of the test. The end of the test is when most people are harried by the fact that it is a 3+ hour test, the stress that this test can "determine your future", the desks are uncomfortable, your brain is tired, and the room is stale and stuffy because of the other 30 students wracking their brains to solve seemingly pointless questions. Personally, the last three sections were the worst for me because I was tired from taking the test, I had to use the bathroom, and from hunching over the stupid desk all day, my back was hurting. How lame right? Well, to say the least, my performance declined I think as the test wore on, mostly because I got to that stage where it is like, "either I do well or I don't, so I don't really feel stressed anymore." Despite these feelings, I must say though that I did my best, just so you don't think that I gave up, wasted my time and wasted my $45.00. :-D

Now I must prepare myself for the ACT on the 25th. YAY! :-/