(Atkinson 507) Some kids begin preparing for the PSAT before they even reach high school. PSAT scores are used to identify potential students as early as 10th grade. ... Test makers should design a newer test that draws from nationally standardized high school material, or tests should be made specific by the colleges themselves to create a more accurate result. ...
He took all the AP classes that the school offered, had a PSAT score of 1480, a SAT score of 1360 and an ACT score of thirty-one. ... College students oppose affirmative action, but believe that there needs to be a new device to receive diversity. ...
I entered Sunset Elementary and passed the ESOL test without one mistake, that then gave me the confidence to open up and make new friends. ... It wasn't until I got my PSAT and SAT scores back that I felt for the first time I wasn't from this country. ...
My experience taking the PSATs was not as bad as I thought it would be. ... In "The Story Behind the SAT Overhaul" which was an article featured on the New York Times Les Perelman explained that he tried to help students with the essay by encouraging them to add extravagant words with extensive detail. ... The new SAT test is making improvements in this flawed test. ...
Students are supposed to do homework, study hard especially for the SAT's and PSAT's, and to be a good student. ... We are letting the "cruel" years of "slavery" behind us to start a new life on our own. ... If we got acceptance in a job - we've reached our new target bur we are still not "done". ... We have to accept the rules of our new job. ...
Grades, boys, stress, homework, friends, fashion, English papers, PSAT's, math formulas, dissections, the elements of high school that can make a girl go completely insane! ... The experiences I have in high school, will stay with me forever and hopefully my new attitude will enable me to responsibly and maturely pursue my own interests, and create a better future. ...
Mature, grown-up, capable people have their heart broken in a bad relationship, and six months later choose to enter into a new relationship with somebody who is exactly the same kind of person, only to get their heart broken again? ... They turn their kids into worse versions of themselves, pressuring them in sixth grade to take their PSAT"s, focus on college, to aim at being "just like me.aE The workaholic"s fear is described in an aphorism by the legendary pitcher Satchel Paige: "Don"t look back; something might be gaining on you.aE There is a stock character in Hollywood films:...
