Marshmallowed

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I'm really getting the nerves for the SAT that i'm gonna take on saturday. i'll need at least a decent 2100 in order to apply to the colleges that i'm intending to apply for. Seems so hard, doesn't it? but when you break it down, which is what i am FANTASTIC at doing, it doesn't seem that hard. the only tricky thing about SAT is that if you get an answer wrong, they deduct 0.25 from the 1 point that you gain when you get the answer right. need to work your way around this by choosing either to:

A) omit your answer (don't risk losing 0.25 marks, but zero chances of getting it right)

B) eliminate to the best of your ability, then 'tikam' the answer and PRAY that you get it right.

the trick to this is that because the final sum of your marks for a section is rounded UPWARDS, i can afford to 'tikam' for THREE questions, because that means subtracting 0.75 from my total points gained, round upwards, and NOT LOSE ANY THING:) smart? i finally figured it out after doing TWO, FULL SAT PAPERS. guess it pays off:) have been improving, so i'm quite happy, and if i improve a little bit more on sat, like the 'trend' i'm observing now, i'm well on way to a 2100. i wish it was THAT EASY- for the first time, i contemplate the fact that if life follows a mathematical trend (a positive one, of course:)), it may not be that bad after all.

and the essay in the writing section? WHOA. i can't even properly describe it in words: the closest i can come up with is that it is DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE. but i happily wrote away just now, and the computer marked it for me (online, real time) and i achieved a perfect score:) now, this miracle just needs to repeat itself, then i'm a big step closer to 2100. positive energy, all channeled towards this:) initially, we thought that it would be like having to write a TOK essay, but we realised that it is almost like a expository, a debate sort of, more like, talking to a very educated friend (ie. the marker) about your life, or like, well, for the lack of words (again), a diary entry.

going to review my mistakes now: keep your fingers crossed for me won't you? i hope that i'll get what i wish for. they say good things come to those who wait- i've waited my whole life to go to uni.

they say it's always the darkest just before it goes pitch-black. i say that there is always light at the end of the tunnel:D