<p>it seems a tad unfair that how i perform tomorrow is going to be viewed as the culmination of my junior year. on that note... how do you stay focused for an obscenely long 5 hour standardized test? i don't know if i can retain focus for that long, i'm worried i'll start losing focus halfway through. </p>
<p>how do you combat this? anyone have any suggestions for staying awake, focused and alert throughout the entire thing? (note this is coming from someone who is not a fabulous test taker, and tends to get frustrated at standardized testing)</p>
<p>Dude, I feel the same way. I do one practice section at a time and I can barely stand it. Just think: within a year, the SAT will be a thing of the past. It really doesn't measure anything but our ability to take a test, even though it makes us feel like it is a direct assessment of our knowledge. Trust me, it's not. I know someone who is a B- student that got a 1450, and a near perfect student with a 1250. All that matters is that we put this in perspective, try our hardest, and be happy with it.</p>
<p>i am the same way. i practically DIED on the psat, and i bombed the critical reading (460). i cannot stay focused. i will be taking the SAT for the first time tomorrow as well. i am going to have a good breakfast, some coffee/redbull, and try to sleep tonight. bring snacks too, and get up and move around during every break.</p>
<p>I got 90th percentile on the PSAT with no prep. I actually didn't know it was on that day until they told us to remain in homeroom. I'm not drinking caffeine because it makes me unfocused on the task at hand. If I can't answer one question because I'm not focused, I go mad.</p>
<p>is it just me, or are the sats wayyy overrated. that was possibly the most anticlimactic event of the year thus far. </p>
<p>also, thought it was suspiciously easy. not that i did great or anything, but i started doubting myself because i thought the answers were too obvious. anyone else have similar thoughts? scores don't come for a couple weeks...now begins the waiting...</p>
<p>Well, the SAT is not made to be hard, it's made to test a student's mind of knowledge an average college student should know. It's not crazy hard but sitting in that room for 4 hours broke my concentration pretty quick. The cr kills me, it make me think too much. The math is like my chilling section b/c I can prove that it's the answer not like cr and writing where I question if this or that is right.</p>