https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv Click the pink "+" sign in the lower right hand corner to add your memories below! They can be memories of your SAT or ACT test taking experience, a question on the test, how you studied for it, etc. en-us 2020-04-22 16:54:59 UTC 2020-04-23 20:51:49 UTC hello@padlet.com chynes8 https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/523630777 SAT Attempt #1: Sat next to crush on the left and hungover best friend on the right. Hungover friend fell asleep and snored, crush was trying to look at my test. The whole room smelled like Hollister perfume and Curve. 

SAT Attempt #2: Went to a high school on a Saturday where I knew no one. Studied for Verbal. Got every analogy correct.

SAT Attempt #3: Studied for Math. Ended up doing better on both Math and Verbal. ]]> 2020-04-22 16:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/523630777 https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/523680906 It was an early Saturday morning and I recall feeling nervous, unprepared.  I spent several months studying with an afterschool group - but for the most part we goofed off.  I recall walking into the exam center (our sister campus) sitting down and thinking I'd try my best - and if I didn't do well there's would always be another opportunity.  I answered all questions and completed the essay to the best of my ability.  I left feeling underwhelmed about the whole experience.  When scores came a short time later, my Mom was thrilled.  I did well enough to make her smile, which was a tough task.  With that, my first SAT experience was good.]]> 2020-04-22 17:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/523680906 https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/523730962 I didn't have the best guidance counselor and literally didn't think to take the SAT until I was working on my college application Fall of my senior year. My mom went to school in France, so the concept that a college entrance exam is optional was foreign to her, she couldn't provide guidance either. I signed up using the late registration option for the October SAT, didn't have much time to prep and quite honestly don't remember much from it.

]]> 2020-04-22 17:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/523730962 https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/523735890 My parents bought me a huge book and I started studying. I did not take it super seriously until about a week before the SAT. No one really gave me much guidance about when to take the test or that I should give myself time for a re-take. The closest test center was about 45 minutes from my house, so my mom dropped me off early that Saturday morning and I did not know a single person. Afterwards, my mom had to go to work so my dad had to leave work to pick me up and he showed up at the school in a fire truck to embarrass me. This story pretty much summarizes my entire childhood for you. ]]> 2020-04-22 17:35:38 UTC https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/523735890 https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/524052515 I took the SAT twice and the ACT once. My older brother was one of the those almost perfect SAT score people so I was very nervous and overall wasn't a great tester. I remember studying with the big book and doing 1 or 2 SAT word study sessions with kids from student council. I don't think I studied at all for the ACT but did for the SAT. I remember taking the SAT both times at our local community college and not knowing anyone in room, which made it feel easier for some reason. Both times I did great on the English portion and not so great at math. I am who I am. ]]> 2020-04-22 19:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/524052515 https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/524322034 I saw my counselor once as a Freshman. The school assumed we all knew what to do to qualify for college. Long story short, I never knew I had to take SAT and didn't even know I should have taken it until I was already on my way in Junior College. Oddly enough, that opened up opportunities I never would have had otherwise.]]> 2020-04-22 22:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/524322034 https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/524377390 I moved from IL to TX the summer before my junior year of high school, and went from a small, rural school in IL to a giant, ridiculously crazy competitive school in a suburb of Dallas.  There were 2000+ in my graduating class.  The conversations with my counselor in TX never involved any CEE...I think I saw her twice during my whole time in HS.  To be honest, I don't know how I ended up registered for the ACT and SAT in my senior year, but I would imagine that potentially (and I'm embarrassed now to admit) my parents signed me up for them.  I just know I took both.  And I know that I was wildly unprepared for them and did not study or practice, because it was never made a priority in school (though I was in two AP Courses), and while my parents and I did have the understanding I would be going to college, I didn't receive any direction from anyone at school so we were all flying a little blind.  I do know, that on the Friday before my SAT, we discovered that the test center was not going to be the neighboring high school where I took my ACT, but rather a JC 30 minutes + away....and I freaked out and "threatened" not to take the test.  We had to do a trial drive late on Friday night to make sure I knew where to go/entrance, and I felt even more unprepared early the next morning.  I use that story to talk to districts about SAT SD all the time...]]> 2020-04-22 23:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/524377390 https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/524814866 I think I blocked it out because of bad testing anxiety (lol).  I took the SAT once at a local public high school.  All I remember is that my sister packed me snacks the night before (Cheetos).  I got a decent score, but my mom wanted me to retake it to score as high as I did on practice tests.  I refused.  Sorry mom!]]> 2020-04-23 05:55:02 UTC https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/524814866 https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/526240731 2020-04-23 16:12:30 UTC https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/526240731 https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/526290065 The most memorable event associated with my SAT experience was that I was that I had received my driver’s license a few weeks prior and the night before my SAT I was rushing home to make my curfew when I wrecked my mother’s car.  Needless to say I didn’t get much sleep that night.]]> 2020-04-23 16:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/526290065 https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/526885233 I took the SAT three times, hoping to get a higher score to qualify to be in the running for a full-ride scholarship at my University. Sadly, I was within 10 points of getting that score by my last attempt. I was pretty disappointed in myself and frustrated because I had worked so hard throughout high school to stand out on college and scholarship applications. I think all of this eventually taught me how privilege played a role in my even knowing how to navigate all of this in the first place and how competitive access to college and college affordability can be.]]> 2020-04-23 20:42:44 UTC https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/526885233 https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/526886980 I remember my neighbor's car not starting up to take me to Downey. No one on my block had ever taken the exam. My mom did not know what it was for and I remember that I got a fee waiver from Mr. Reveles. My school dad who guided me through my first steps into college. I took it one time and got 1@#$, great score.]]> 2020-04-23 20:43:45 UTC https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/526886980 https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/526898317 I remember being a teenager and not knowing how important this test was going to be.]]> 2020-04-23 20:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/chynes8/471uyqc2z21pkdfv/wish/526898317