Good luck to those young men taking the SAT exam this weekend
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I know I can not wait until it is over. These kids put so much pressure on themselves for grades and SAT scores it will be great to finally have this pressure off in the senior year. Good or bad this is it.
Good Luck to all
Good Luck to all
nybb,
I completely agree. You have your state compentency exams to pass, the SAT's and or ACT's, college scholarships and admissions applications deadlines, not to mention school, your sport(s) and family and personal life to juggle.
I remember assisting a young man in our high school career center about this time of year 8 or 9 years ago. Bright (but hadn't taken grades or the SAT's seriously) and talented (but hadn't garnered any attention yet for his pitching), he was coming in to figure out just what his OTHER options were, thinking he had pretty much blown his chances for continuing in baseball by then. He was only 17 and so full of regret for not having done better when he could have.
It's intense, all right.
Remember to breathe, kids.
I completely agree. You have your state compentency exams to pass, the SAT's and or ACT's, college scholarships and admissions applications deadlines, not to mention school, your sport(s) and family and personal life to juggle.
I remember assisting a young man in our high school career center about this time of year 8 or 9 years ago. Bright (but hadn't taken grades or the SAT's seriously) and talented (but hadn't garnered any attention yet for his pitching), he was coming in to figure out just what his OTHER options were, thinking he had pretty much blown his chances for continuing in baseball by then. He was only 17 and so full of regret for not having done better when he could have.
It's intense, all right.
Remember to breathe, kids.
One interesting fact we learned about the NEW SAT during a recent official visit, at least as it pertains to the CA State university system: if you score above a 550 on the Math or English sections, you automatically get excused from basic math and english classes ... if you are below, you either have to test in to bypass those classes, or take the remedial classes when you get in your freshman year ... with NO CREDITS.
So work hard to get better than a 550... even if you've already been accepted, keep taking the SAT over until you get better than a 550.
So work hard to get better than a 550... even if you've already been accepted, keep taking the SAT over until you get better than a 550.
Word from my son is this go-round was a tougher verbal than last time in the winter (the first NEW SAT test).