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[Silver]

So, how about the Essays Section? Are those easy?

[Mitchfork]

I've always tested well, and had no trouble with the ACT. My first score was a 33 and my second was a 34, but both times I scored a 7 out of 12 on the writing. I never took the SAT, though- my college choices only required one, and since I'd already done well, my parents and I decided it wasn't worth it to take another test. My advice- don't stress out about it, and you should probably be in bed right now.

[Koopa]

My advice- don't stress out about it, and you should probably be in bed right now.

Indeed, getting a good night's sleep is the best possible thing you can do before any test. Koopa wishes you good luck (in the third person).

[Snarwin]

Man, why does everyone always have to be hatin' on math?

Also, on a somewhat related note:

Happy π day!

[Mitchfork]

Isn't every day going to be n Day? Infinite series and all that?

[Russ]

A, good ole Pi day. Got to love it.

[Mitchfork]

Oh. It was a pi symbol, not n. 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[Russ]

I think I'm scared of Pi now. I always thought of it as a friendly little 3.14. No I see how big and overpowering it really is.

[Nathaniel]

Now make a recording for us so that we can hear that number spoken, up to the smilie.

Yes, happy Pi day.

When October 23 comes around, at 6:02 am, we can celebrate Mole Day, like I did when I was in high school.

[Alestance]

Alestance is going to assume that by pi you mean pie, and he will consume some.

[Russ]

I can use Pi to calculate Pie if I know Pie's R.

[Alestance]

Alestance knows the radius of Pie. Its delicious.

[Silver]

I've always tested well, and had no trouble with the ACT. My first score was a 33 and my second was a 34, but both times I scored a 7 out of 12 on the writing. I never took the SAT, though- my college choices only required one, and since I'd already done well, my parents and I decided it wasn't worth it to take another test. My advice- don't stress out about it, and you should probably be in bed right now.

I think I was already asleep by the time you posted that...lol.

Indeed, getting a good night's sleep is the best possible thing you can do before any test. Koopa wishes you good luck (in the third person).

Thanks, Koopa.
Well, I finished it some time ago, and it was a HELL of a lot easier than I thought. Even the math was basic middle-school stuff...and as for the English, I thought it was simple. The only thing that got me was the essay, which I didn't even finish...argh. It's a good thing that you can retake it as long as you got the money.

[Russ]

Ah, the SAT essays. I'm taking a whole class just on how to write them. Gosh, why couldn't they just take out the essay?

[Nathaniel]

You want to know how to write an essay? I will tell you how to write an essay:

A lot of people just start writing the intro, the body, and the conclusion as they think things up. Bad idea.

This is what I eventually learned to do:

Focus just on the body first. Know the questions you have to answer, and answer them in bulleted notes form. Just write down whatever comes to your head. Don't worry about neatness. You are only brainstorming. Brainstorming and organizing should never be done all at once. Too much to think about at once.

Once you have plenty of messy notes on your scrap paper, start to focus on how it will be organized. Make little notes on what you will mention first, second, third, etc.

Now that you know everything you will be talking about, you can actually make a good introduction, since everthing you want to talk about has already been thought out.

Since you have organized the order of things, it is much easier to write the body in a nice neat form.

The conclusion should be just like the introduction, a summary of sorts, but sounding more like a closing.

So instead of writing an essay twice (A rough draft and a good copy), you instead are taking notes and then making one good copy based on the notes. Less strain on the brain.