<p>Lived my life like I would any other day.</p>
<p>Just waited for her to come home and immediately go on line to CC :)</p>
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<p>When I took them in middle school I was always just in with everyone else. It was terrifying and embarrassing. I thought everyone would be wondering why I was taking it since I was obviously so much younger. My dad insisted on walking me in, which was even more mortifying. : / </p>
<p>Anyway though, my dad has always gone for a walk, read the newspaper, etc. I actually like it when he asks me how I’ve done and I can talk about it a lot. It helps me sort of getting my anxieties out by discussing them.</p>
<p>D1 drove herself to the test center each time, and went straight to her EC afterwards. We had to drive D2 to her recent test, but it was only 10 min away. I was more nervous with D2 because she had a stomach virus, so I texted her to find out how she was feeling. I was more worried about her having to go to bathroom rather than about her test.</p>
<p>Our testing center was 10 min. away so I always dropped them off if they were not driving themselves. Some of my kids took it in 7th or 8th grade, and that was always amusing. The older kids jaws would drop when they saw my wee one walk in…</p>
<p>We generally dropped the kids off after a good breakfast and went home. It was usually an extra long wait to hear how it went since they’d go out for lunch with their friends afterwards.</p>
<p>SAT is a not offered in our town. We have to drive 35 miles west, 50 miles south or 50 miles north. So I have driven our son (and a friend on one trip) to the testing site, then camped out at the local McDonald’s with my laptop. One location is in a town smaller than ours but with a boarding school that is popular with foreign students. Both times I have been the only female in Mickey D’s and the only person under 70. I got lots of stares and learned all about the agricultural situation in the area.</p>
<p>Fortunately, the town has a lovely little shopping area with a famous (for our neck of the woods) interior decorating shop. So, I have an accessory for each test!</p>
<p>Our trip to the other location (50 miles north in a college town) was well-documented in the Parents of 2015 thread. We got a hotel for the night before so he would be well rested, but instead he got food poisoning and threw up all night. (Left my mouse pad at that town’s McDonald’s!)</p>
<p>I think I slept in for at least one of the tests. I made sure kids had pencil and eraser and calculator and printed test ticket out the night before. DH was responsible for providing a scrambled egg breakfast (his speciality) and ride if needed.</p>
<p>Funny story - For DS’s subject tests, there was a local 5K run on same day with start/end point at the HS. We knew parking would be an issue, so DH dropped off DS. Since cell phones are forbidden, the plan was for him to use the pay phone at the store on the next block. He didn’t call. We got a little nervous but then thought perhaps there was a break between the tests. Eventually it got to be so late we knew something must be wrong. We yelled upstairs just in case he had gotten a ride home, and sure enough was in his room. He had walked home (almost 3 miles) and forgot to tell us he was back.</p>
<p>Always looked forward to DS’s SAT/ACT day. </p>
<p>Night before made sure he had his ID, SAT pass, sharpened No. 2 pencils and calculator stuffed in his backpack.</p>
<p>Got up early, made some coffee, cooked some breakfast burritos, woke him up if needed, and had breakfast on the way to the test location. Dropped him off at the entrance, wished him good luck, and then played a round of golf.</p>
<p>Picked him up and talked about my round and whatever he had on his mind.</p>
<p>The morning of the test both husband and I would wake up and make breakfast…eggs, bacon, sausage, toast, OJ, and coffee, Omelets if requested. We all eat together and husband would drive each kid off to the test and come home. Once the test was too far away so husband went shopping at a nearby mall. My kids had everything ready from the day before so all they did was shower, dress and eat.</p>
<p>We’re lucky to live in the LA area, so we had many choices for testing sites within 20 minute drive time or less. Luckily, each time we got the closest one, only a ten minute drive away. So I’d just drop S and a friend off, and another parent would pick them up. Once he got a driver’s license, he drove himself. He and his friends typically pigged out at a local doughnut shop after the longer exams. The only struggle I had is that I’m a “belt and suspenders” type of person, so I had a hard time convincing S why it was a good idea to bring an extra set of batteries for the calculator. He finally relented to my logic.</p>
<p>^^^Both of my kids had friends whose calculators died during the SAT or PSAT. Proved more effective than my nagging. ;)</p>
<p>Had everything laid out on the kitchen table the night before. My kids preferred taking the SAT at their high schools vs. the neighborhood school (on their own turf, as it were), though a couple times SAT-IIs were only at a few other locations. We tried to keep it very low-key the night before and the morning of, and they never scheduled activities for after the tests, so that way they weren’t preoccupied with coming events during the test.</p>