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“S-A-T.””S-A-T,” the letters kept on running through my head. Today was the day I had to take the test everyone hated: The SAT. I had repeated sources tell me that it was Slimy and Atrocious Torture. Stories were told about people who went into the testing room and came out with their brains spilling out of their ears. You can see why I didn’t want to leave my cozy and safe bed to go to a possibly dangerous testing room.

I had studied for this test for hours. The test was divided into sections and each section was timed. The first section is always an essay. I hate essays. I don’t know how to write. The last 9 sections are either reading, writing, or math sections. I love math, but I can’t read or write. The last section takes 10 minutes, and the eighth and ninth sections are 20 minutes. The rest are 25 minute sections.

I ate a hearty breakfast and was driven into the testing center. The testing room number was on my admission ticket. (Yes, you need a ticket for a SAT test!) I entered the testing room and the test administrator started reading off of a SAT instruction sheet in that droning voice that teachers  use while reading off the STAAR instruction sheet. We were instructed on how to fill in the bubbles on the ScanTron and what to fill out on the information sheet about ourselves.

The test started with a 25 minute essay. We had occasional breaks between sections, and little by little, hour by hour time progressed and the test finished. The test finally finished! Four hours of testing were over! Finally! At last! I leapt for joy and sprinted out of the testing room at top speed. When I met my dad I told him that the test wasn’t that bad and my brains hadn’t spilled out. In fact the test wasn’t that bad, and I wanted to take it again! I couldn’t wait for my results!

This is what my test day was like. Scroll down and play the video under “Test Day Simulator”.

2 comments

  1. Love the hyperlink to the College Board SAT site!

    You do write well, Soham, as is evidenced by this post :- ) The SAT composition is likely an expository prompt, which is a type of writing we are starting to learn about this week.

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