The most important test of my life

[rachmaninoff_forever]

I'm taking my ACT tomorrow morning.

I start the test at like 8 so I'm gonna wake up at like 5, eat, go to the gym, chill in the steam room and the jacuzzi for like two hours, skate around my neighborhood for a little while to keep the blood pumping, then go to school where I'll take the test. 

Any words of encouragement?  views?  Advice?  Beliefs?  Dreams? 

[scherzo123]

Good luck. 

[perprocrastinate]

I'm taking my ACT tomorrow morning.

I start the test at like 8 so I'm gonna wake up at like 5, eat, go to the gym, chill in the steam room and the jacuzzi for like two hours, skate around my neighborhood for a little while to keep the blood pumping, then go to school where I'll take the test. 

Any words of encouragement?  views?  Advice?  Beliefs?  Dreams? 

Wouldn't the most important test of your life be the "test" of entrance to Julliard or some other prestigious music school?

The ACT.. Hey, I'm taking that tomorrow morning too! Unfortunately, I'm not a veteran of the test, so all I can say is to be confident, know your test strategies (specifically for each of the four sections + essay), pace yourself, and most importantly, relax.

Aim for the 30's!

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Wouldn't the most important test of your life be the "test" of entrance to Julliard or some other prestigious music school?

The ACT.. Hey, I'm taking that tomorrow morning too! Unfortunately, I'm not a veteran of the test, so all I can say is to be confident, know your test strategies (specifically for each of the four sections + essay), pace yourself, and most importantly, relax.

Aim for the 30's!

Hey do you have a smartphone?  Because we can exchange answers while we take the test lol.

[perprocrastinate]

Hey do you have a smartphone?  Because we can exchange answers while we take the test lol.

No thanks, I'd like to not be banned forever from taking the ACT.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

No thanks, I'd like to not be banned forever from taking the ACT.

Hahahaha lol

I hope you know I was joking...  Right?


And if they do manage to catch you cheating, they'll just take your test, rip it, and kick you out the room.  I remember one time I took a practice test like two years ago and some guys phone went off.  The proctor took his test and ripped it up in his face; he felt sooooooooo salty!!!

[perprocrastinate]

Hahahaha lol

I hope you know I was joking...  Right?


And if they do manage to catch you cheating, they'll just take your test, rip it, and kick you out the room.  I remember one time I took a practice test like two years ago and some guys phone went off.  The proctor took his test and ripped it up in his face; he felt sooooooooo salty!!!

Of course I knew you were joking.

And if that happened to me, I'd rip up my own test to preserve my dignity.

[chopin2015]

Good luck! Have you been "preparing"?
 

[patrickd]

Good luck  .

[outin]

I'm taking my ACT tomorrow morning.

I start the test at like 8 so I'm gonna wake up at like 5, eat, go to the gym, chill in the steam room and the jacuzzi for like two hours, skate around my neighborhood for a little while to keep the blood pumping, then go to school where I'll take the test. 

Any words of encouragement?  views?  Advice?  Beliefs?  Dreams? 

Usually when I'm well prepared it is good for me to mentally "downgrade" the imprtance of the event. Like thinking "it doesn't really matter whether I do well or not". It helps to take away some of the negative anxiety and not trying TOO hard usually gets me better results. I think this works for people with type A personality, if you are already naturally relaxed about matters, I wouldn't recommend it

I would skip the skating though... breaking something so that you won't be able to write or being taken to ER would not be good for your test results 

[j_menz]

You'll do fine. Don't sweat it too much.

[perprocrastinate]

I took the test. I was a little TOO careful in answering the questions, so I took up almost all of the time in each section. Better safe than sorry.

I'll be expecting my score of 36 in five weeks.

(nah, just kidding. More like 0.0036 or something.)

The classroom was freezing, and I was shivering the entire time. What's worse is that Chopin's Op. 48-1 Nocturne in C minor was playing in my head over and OVER, for some reason. I couldn't complete this phrase in the climax, and it was a distraction.

I felt okay about the test, though. 

[rachmaninoff_forever]

The classroom was freezing, and I was shivering the entire time. What's worse is that Chopin's Op. 48-1 Nocturne in C minor was playing in my head over and OVER, for some reason. I couldn't complete this phrase in the climax, and it was a distraction.

I had the same thing with the 4th movement of Prokofiev's 2nd piano concerto!


No but yeah, I used up all the time for every test.  Except for writing.  Writing is the easiest portion of it.