----------------------------------- AsianSensation Fri Jun 20, 2003 9:37 pm SAT ----------------------------------- Ok, seeing how alot of people(especially me :D ), I suggest that we have a topic about SAT, post test strategies, worthwhile websites, and anything useful about the SAT Strategy #1: Always practice!!!! cannot stress this enough, just do problem over and over and over will help you get higher marks on the actual test. Website #1: www.collegeboard.com this is the webpage for SAT registration, and has alot of info on it, if you plan to take the SAT, you must go to that website. ----------------------------------- heythere Fri Jun 20, 2003 9:45 pm ----------------------------------- well i have a few sites: http://www.eduprep.com/SAT_ACT.asp http://www.doyourmath.com/all_tests.asp http://education.yahoo.com/college/essentials/practice_tests/sat/ http://www.princetonreview.com/?adCode=10001 these have practice questions and also words ----------------------------------- krishon Sat Jun 21, 2003 10:32 am ----------------------------------- well, since i think i'm ok at the math part of the SAT, all i can say bout the verbal is READ, READ, READ. That's the only way u can build up ur vocab...make sure u read books u like, so u can pick up some of the vocab quicker. ----------------------------------- Andy Mon Jun 23, 2003 3:15 pm ----------------------------------- cool Asian, my parents are making me take it, damn them... now i can't spend the entire summer working on our game ----------------------------------- SilverSprite Mon Jun 23, 2003 4:25 pm ----------------------------------- lol is asian making you do the game all by yourself dodge? ----------------------------------- Andy Mon Jun 23, 2003 8:20 pm ----------------------------------- no actually we're supposed to split it evenly, but he has some done already and i have none so he has the lead... so far ----------------------------------- Amailer Mon Jun 23, 2003 8:25 pm ----------------------------------- Anyone would like to explain to me what SAT =? ----------------------------------- Andy Mon Jun 23, 2003 8:27 pm ----------------------------------- its some test you need to take in order to go to universities to the states ----------------------------------- Amailer Mon Jun 23, 2003 8:32 pm ----------------------------------- ok...nvm then ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Mon Jun 23, 2003 9:04 pm ----------------------------------- no actually we're supposed to split it evenly, but he has some done already and i have none so he has the lead... so far heh heh......*laughs nervously......of course i did something for our game...... andy, hate to break it to u, I didn't do squat for that project. between jogging, SAT, C++, and math(and doreen), I have not found any time at all for the game. ----------------------------------- Andy Tue Jun 24, 2003 10:28 am ----------------------------------- u said u found some sprites... :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: ----------------------------------- bugzpodder Tue Jun 24, 2003 8:42 pm ----------------------------------- SATs are a complete waste of your time. thats all i gotta say and meng, get a life ;) . i even have time to mess things around and watch tv/movies obviously i also have time to piss ppl off such as right now :S ----------------------------------- PaddyLong Tue Jun 24, 2003 8:45 pm ----------------------------------- I think the idea of a national standard test is an excellent idea and feel that Canada should have a similar test. but unless you're planning to go to university in the states, I don't see the point... just extra work for yourself ----------------------------------- heythere Tue Jun 24, 2003 8:57 pm ----------------------------------- Hey u find it useful, well for me i found the math difficult but the english was a breeze. hey do i know u asian, i know someone called doreen and what does that mean spending time with ... ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Wed Jun 25, 2003 8:07 am ----------------------------------- of course bugz would think that SAT is a waste of time.......stupid genius (oxymoron)...... but for the rest of us, we can't depend on math and compsci contest to put us through university, that's where the SAT comes in. and heythere, what school do you go to, i doubt that you know this certain doreen im talking about, it's not an uncommon name, there must be a lot of doreens out there. ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Jun 25, 2003 11:27 am ----------------------------------- Hey u find it useful, well for me i found the math difficult but the english was a breeze. how is the math hard? its like gr 8 math!!! the english is the real killer tho, heythere i dun suppose ur chinese... ----------------------------------- heythere Wed Jun 25, 2003 12:42 pm ----------------------------------- no... hey asian i m in toronto but i mean before in grade school i knew a chinese girl named doreen ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Jun 25, 2003 1:36 pm ----------------------------------- heythere what school do u go to? ----------------------------------- heythere Wed Jun 25, 2003 5:38 pm ----------------------------------- i go highschool in Toronto but i moved from windsor after elementry ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Jun 25, 2003 5:51 pm ----------------------------------- o kk nvm then ----------------------------------- naoki Wed Jun 25, 2003 8:19 pm ----------------------------------- why is doreen bracketed beside math? is that really all you two have in common? damn, now my dad's "suggesting" i take the SAT's, just to "have more choices later". yeah okay, thanks for making me work even harder. ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Wed Jun 25, 2003 8:51 pm ----------------------------------- why is doreen bracketed beside math? is that really all you two have in common? of course not. she doesn't even like math(even though she is good at it), and Im not crazy about it either. Of course we have stuff in common, but those stuff are personal.... yeah okay, thanks for making me work even harder. :P no problem, glad that I could be of use :P ----------------------------------- hello Thu Jun 26, 2003 10:04 am ----------------------------------- hey naoki are u really taking SAT dun worry, well u got to study like asian does ----------------------------------- Andy Thu Jun 26, 2003 11:48 am ----------------------------------- naoki that's what my mom said... man now i can't spam as mouch :lol: jk ----------------------------------- hello Fri Jun 27, 2003 10:11 pm ----------------------------------- hey here is practice for SAT words can u get these if u can u are closer to doing well, here is the site http://encarta.msn.com/quiz/quiz.asp?QuizID=44 ----------------------------------- hello Fri Jun 27, 2003 10:13 pm ----------------------------------- also u better know these ten words http://encarta.msn.com/list/10WordsYouSimplyMustKnow.asp ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Sat Jun 28, 2003 10:03 am ----------------------------------- hey here is practice for SAT words can u get these if u can u are closer to doing well, http://encarta.msn.com/quiz/quiz.asp?QuizID=44 um.........I don't know if you have seen SAT verbal test or not, but the vocab is definitely not that hard, I will be surprised if they even include 2 out of 10 of those words. Alot of the vocab is common words with different, yet obscure meaning. and then most unknown words could be deduced from roots. Oh yeah, another suggestion for SAT, learn roots for words!!! very important, if you know the roots, you can just piece together stuff and find out the meaning urself. ----------------------------------- Amailer Sat Jun 28, 2003 10:04 am ----------------------------------- anyway for that test [[ the urls on top ]] with out looking at the answers...i got... 2 correct lOl! ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Sat Jun 28, 2003 10:09 am ----------------------------------- yeah, i got 6........ *crying in shame.... ----------------------------------- SilverSprite Sat Jun 28, 2003 11:25 am ----------------------------------- Oh yeah, another suggestion for SAT, learn roots for words!!! very important, if you know the roots, you can just piece together stuff and find out the meaning urself. yeah we know buddy... its what we were told in elementary school.. yeah, i got 6........ *crying in shame.... what a geek...[/quote] ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Sat Jun 28, 2003 11:30 am ----------------------------------- what a geek... note the sarcasm in my post, i already said it was worthless vocab, i did it for fun, and guessed all the way(but I did know what esker was, geography all the way!) I don't actually cry when i don't get some vocab quiz.... ----------------------------------- SilverSprite Sat Jun 28, 2003 11:33 am ----------------------------------- ahahahahahaha geek! ----------------------------------- heythere Tue Jul 01, 2003 9:22 pm ----------------------------------- hey asian when u take it oh u know if u do bad u can take it again ....well, if ur prepared u wont need to and yeah i agree with asian that those words before will not be needed ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Tue Jul 01, 2003 9:24 pm ----------------------------------- Im taking it as soon as possble, when the school start, which is what? October? and yeah, I know I can take it more than once, but I want to do well the first time, some universities look at all your scores....so I don't want to mess up. ----------------------------------- naoki Tue Jul 01, 2003 10:11 pm ----------------------------------- props 2 luv juice and his goal of 2500 vocab list man, can u imagine him studyin? woot, rarer than a solar eclipse ----------------------------------- UBC_Wiskatos Tue Jul 01, 2003 10:53 pm ----------------------------------- no actually we're supposed to split it evenly, but he has some done already and i have none so he has the lead... so far heh heh......*laughs nervously......of course i did something for our game...... andy, hate to break it to u, I didn't do squat for that project. between jogging, SAT, C++, and math(and doreen), I have not found any time at all for the game. Doreen? Doreen Fan? Are you like her boyfriend? Oh man, that's hilarious. :D ----------------------------------- SilverSprite Tue Jul 01, 2003 11:40 pm ----------------------------------- hehe nope he got shot down twice lol jkjk asian ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Jul 02, 2003 9:21 am ----------------------------------- UBC_Wiskatos u go to kennedy rite? how do u know doreen? ----------------------------------- SilverSprite Wed Jul 02, 2003 11:09 am ----------------------------------- ask yourself this dodge.. how DOESNT he know her ----------------------------------- UBC_Wiskatos Wed Jul 02, 2003 11:11 am ----------------------------------- ask yourself this dodge.. how DOESNT he know her Ha ha. :D I know Doreen really well, thanks. :P ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Jul 02, 2003 2:38 pm ----------------------------------- did u go to school with her or something? ----------------------------------- SilverSprite Wed Jul 02, 2003 2:42 pm ----------------------------------- hmm why does it matter to you dodge.. oh thats right i remember.. you had a crush on her too lol ----------------------------------- naoki Wed Jul 02, 2003 4:27 pm ----------------------------------- wait wasn't there somebody else who knew doreen? man ... it's like she's a star or something. but unless everyone here is some math slave, there's no possible way they could know her. but then, i'm not sure if she does any sports/martial arts/dancing/piano/acting that could put her in the papers ----------------------------------- Asok Wed Jul 02, 2003 4:59 pm ----------------------------------- me and doreen sexx0rz all the time... who's doreen? :lol: ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Jul 02, 2003 5:16 pm ----------------------------------- ahaha asok, oh well most ppl dun remember who they had anywayz ----------------------------------- SilverSprite Wed Jul 02, 2003 5:25 pm ----------------------------------- wait wasn't there somebody else who knew doreen? man ... it's like she's a star or something. but unless everyone here is some math slave, there's no possible way they could know her. but then, i'm not sure if she does any sports/martial arts/dancing/piano/acting that could put her in the papers lol hmm i know she plays the violin..maybe she is famous for that! or its just that asian goes parading around yelling out doreen's name left and right.. ----------------------------------- UBC_Wiskatos Wed Jul 02, 2003 6:09 pm ----------------------------------- wait wasn't there somebody else who knew doreen? man ... it's like she's a star or something. but unless everyone here is some math slave, there's no possible way they could know her. but then, i'm not sure if she does any sports/martial arts/dancing/piano/acting that could put her in the papers What? Papers? What the hell are you talking about? ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Wed Jul 02, 2003 6:32 pm ----------------------------------- yeah, I know UBC_Wiskatos(well, heard of him anyways), It is Miron right? Well, I heard of UBC_Wiskatos from Enhao(Im sure you know him, there isn't many enhaos around), and doreen and nancy talked about you on several occasions. ----------------------------------- UBC_Wiskatos Wed Jul 02, 2003 7:15 pm ----------------------------------- yeah, I know UBC_Wiskatos(well, heard of him anyways), It is Miron right? Well, I heard of UBC_Wiskatos from Enhao(Im sure you know him, there isn't many enhaos around), and doreen and nancy talked about you on several occasions. Really? You know Enhao? He's a cool guy! ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Wed Jul 02, 2003 7:32 pm ----------------------------------- yeah, I knew Enhao since Queen Victoria, see, I was suppose to go to Kennedy, so I knew alot of the Kennedy people(well, mainly Victoria people). I play basketball with Enhao almost everyday too, and he lives right across the street from me. ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Jul 02, 2003 7:46 pm ----------------------------------- wow what is this, a reunion between ppl who don't know each other??? ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Wed Jul 02, 2003 7:56 pm ----------------------------------- props 2 luv juice and his goal of 2500 vocab list man, can u imagine him studyin? woot, rarer than a solar eclipse obviously, you don't know jimmy that well then.... how do you think he beat all those people at math? He do problems like crazy at home, he probably does as much as shaun.... and after math camp....that's right, you didn't misread, Math Camp, he is doing more math than before.....scary, eh? ----------------------------------- SilverSprite Wed Jul 02, 2003 7:58 pm ----------------------------------- ok your the one who has "I NEED TO LEARN INEQUALITIES" and "NEED TO DO MORE MATH" as your sn at times.. so dont talk ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Jul 02, 2003 8:00 pm ----------------------------------- and Asian_S gets told once again by his compsci partner... ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Wed Jul 02, 2003 8:02 pm ----------------------------------- hey, I had my reasons..... ok, I lied, I didn't, now I am so ashamed that I wanted to be involved with math..... oh well, back to the SAT subject people, enough about Doreen or Math ----------------------------------- Amailer Wed Jul 02, 2003 8:04 pm ----------------------------------- So all that about you studing math in the summer and etc was a lie...?wow :) ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Wed Jul 02, 2003 8:09 pm ----------------------------------- well, i study SAT... Im doing so crap now, need Critical Reading help.... I can get perfect for the math section, and I do OK for analogies and sentence completion(I get about 3 wrongs total for those), and the rest of my mistakes goes into Critical Reading..... so anyone knows any strategies for Critical Reading? Will appreciate the help ----------------------------------- UBC_Wiskatos Wed Jul 02, 2003 8:10 pm ----------------------------------- You're all geeks. And not even the cool programmer/engineer kind of geek, but the mostly-useless-math-concepts kind of geeks. Oh my God! ----------------------------------- Amailer Wed Jul 02, 2003 8:11 pm ----------------------------------- thx excludes me :) ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Wed Jul 02, 2003 8:14 pm ----------------------------------- You're all geeks. And not even the cool programmer/engineer kind of geek, but the mostly-useless-math-concepts kind of geeks. Oh my God! right.......obviously you never met me or SilverSprite or naoki(I can't say about other people) I don't obsess over academic stuff, it's just there is a period where a person have to work, and personally, I want to secure myself into a good University before I relax, that's why im working as crazy as hell over the SAT crap, do yo seriously think I enjoy any of this? ----------------------------------- Andy Wed Jul 02, 2003 8:15 pm ----------------------------------- ya rite asian_s, ur the biggest geek of them all... ----------------------------------- UBC_Wiskatos Wed Jul 02, 2003 9:09 pm ----------------------------------- You're all geeks. And not even the cool programmer/engineer kind of geek, but the mostly-useless-math-concepts kind of geeks. Oh my God! right.......obviously you never met me or SilverSprite or naoki(I can't say about other people) I don't obsess over academic stuff, it's just there is a period where a person have to work, and personally, I want to secure myself into a good University before I relax, that's why im working as crazy as hell over the SAT crap, do yo seriously think I enjoy any of this? If you're good at programming, you're good at programming. There's not much more to that. An SAT, ACT, CCC or whatever will not help you jack shit if you don't know how to really be a programmer. You'll never see real programmers at the CCC. Might help you get in a university, but most companies could care less which university you come from, as long as you know your shit, and you know it good. Hell, you don't even need a degree at times. And plus, the best computer university in the world is right here in Canada, so why do you even need an SAT? ----------------------------------- PaddyLong Wed Jul 02, 2003 9:47 pm ----------------------------------- I thought MIT was the best ... and it is true that it really doesn't matter what university you go to.. ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Wed Jul 02, 2003 9:55 pm ----------------------------------- yeah, I think the best computer is in MIT also... but that's not the point, UBC_Wiskatos, do you think I want to program when I grow up? No, I don't. I am probably never going to touch compsci after high school(well, maybe, if I have spare time). Then why do I do compsci? it's because I like it, it's fun. I don't need to have a career involving compsci just because I program, jeez, just because you are all high and mighty in compsci and you plan on going some places with your programming skills doesn't mean other people will too. I am probably going to medicine, or bio-whatever, that's why I do SATs, to help me get to a good University, because I know medicine looks at where you comes from. ----------------------------------- Catalyst Wed Jul 02, 2003 10:09 pm ----------------------------------- isnt mit more engineering? ----------------------------------- UBC_Wiskatos Wed Jul 02, 2003 11:27 pm ----------------------------------- I thought MIT was the best ... and it is true that it really doesn't matter what university you go to.. Ah it's disputable, from what I recall Waterloo beat MIT in computer science/engineering at times, and vice versa. I think that's according to that worldwide competition and some university compilation magazine I read, but the name of it escapes me at the moment. ----------------------------------- UBC_Wiskatos Wed Jul 02, 2003 11:29 pm ----------------------------------- yeah, I think the best computer is in MIT also... but that's not the point, UBC_Wiskatos, do you think I want to program when I grow up? No, I don't. I am probably never going to touch compsci after high school(well, maybe, if I have spare time). Then why do I do compsci? it's because I like it, it's fun. I don't need to have a career involving compsci just because I program, jeez, just because you are all high and mighty in compsci and you plan on going some places with your programming skills doesn't mean other people will too. I am probably going to medicine, or bio-whatever, that's why I do SATs, to help me get to a good University, because I know medicine looks at where you comes from. I'm sorry, I assumed you were going to become a programmer/computer engineer. ----------------------------------- naoki Wed Jul 02, 2003 11:34 pm ----------------------------------- if ur going 2 waterloo they might like u more if ur good at math i read in a couple business/math, comp sci, and engineering that they recommend taking the euclid, so who knows? besides, there's nothing wrong with being good at math. it might make ur life easier when ur taking biochem and have calculas classes all over u .... now i forgot wat every1 else said. ----------------------------------- Asok Thu Jul 03, 2003 1:37 am ----------------------------------- I'm a geek and proud of it! I'll pwn you all with my geek skillz! ----------------------------------- SilverSprite Thu Jul 03, 2003 7:08 am ----------------------------------- good for you:P ----------------------------------- PaddyLong Thu Jul 03, 2003 9:46 am ----------------------------------- that senior waterloo match contest (not sure the name of it... but the one for 12's or the open) used to be a requirement to get into waterloo... I think they changed it in like 95 or maybe a little later than that even. now it is just recommended that you do it, because if there's two people who they're trying to decide between, they will take the one who did the contest or did better on the contest ----------------------------------- Andy Thu Jul 03, 2003 9:52 am ----------------------------------- it was descart and was written in oac but they scrapped it ----------------------------------- Crono Wed Jul 16, 2003 3:54 pm ----------------------------------- i wuz just goin over tis n wuz like, woh, how could u compare Waterloo 2 MIT, WTF u thinkin...kidz needz spankin these days, apparently MIT is top in cs, math, engineerin, and business? yea business...altho i like waterloo's math n business dual degree thingy the point is asian_s got a point, he's workin hard fo about 2 years so he has a better future makin loads of money, no offense or anything, most likely, university will determine where the hell ur gonna b, but dun make such a big deal of SAT's, just 1600 n 3 800's gets u nutin, turns out u gotta b AMAZO at everything...haha, arent we r all screwed... ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Wed Jul 16, 2003 5:12 pm ----------------------------------- oh yeah, good point, Universities DOESN'T care about SAT that much. From what I heard, if you have some exceptional skills in something, and even if you screw up on the SAT, you can still get selected. So a kid with like a million community service hours can still get selected even if he or she scores less than you on the SAT. btw, doesnt the American Universities look at how many AP courses you take? How is our enriched courses compared to the AP course? So far, Im getting the blank expression, as they never even heard of enriched classes. ----------------------------------- krishon Wed Jul 16, 2003 6:19 pm ----------------------------------- lol, if they do, then good, we have like 6-7 AP courses :D ----------------------------------- UBC_Wiskatos Wed Jul 16, 2003 11:53 pm ----------------------------------- i wuz just goin over tis n wuz like, woh, how could u compare Waterloo 2 MIT, WTF u thinkin...kidz needz spankin these days, apparently MIT is top in cs, math, engineerin, and business? yea business...altho i like waterloo's math n business dual degree thingy the point is asian_s got a point, he's workin hard fo about 2 years so he has a better future makin loads of money, no offense or anything, most likely, university will determine where the hell ur gonna b, but dun make such a big deal of SAT's, just 1600 n 3 800's gets u nutin, turns out u gotta b AMAZO at everything...haha, arent we r all screwed... Well, he certainly has a better future than you, who doesn't seem to know how to spell anything correctly. Waterloo has traditionally been on par if not better than MIT in Computer Science, look it up. Also, university doesn't matter where you'll end up. 90% of those who take Comp Sci. are idiotic morons who don't know what they're doing and end up using their minor to land them some idiotic job at a dead-end posting. Practical experience is what counts, don't count on anything else but what you know. If you're really good at something, you don't need a test, they'll find you and make sure you get the best. Instead of worrying about some SAT, why don't you work on making a complete commercially-viable game (perhaps a nice card game, a Tetris variant, or something). I bet those working on that great 0 A.D. game will all have cushy jobs, and they're 16-17 years old. Take a look at the Counterstrike and Day of Defeat teams. Do you really think, that when the employer looks over your resume, he will take someone from MIT with just a bachelor, over someone from some less-great university but has like 20 great useful programs that know what he's up to? Perhaps in some research job they'll take the MIT guy, but not in gaming or real man's software development. ----------------------------------- SilverSprite Thu Jul 17, 2003 1:51 am ----------------------------------- i'm sorry crono and asiansensation but ubc_wiskatos is right.. i've spoken with MANY MANY university professors and some admissions people and theyve told me stuff lol.. well basically undergrad wont say what you'll do.. it doesnt matter what you get in undergrad solong as you get something(not completley true but you know what i mean).. also mit isnt top in all of those crono.. check out the rankings for the 2004 year.. mit is barely top 10 in anything.. also universities want a wellrounded kid with loads of experience AND GREAT at a specific something.. they dun realy want someone who is ok at something.. i was talking to a prof at a university and he was tlaking about this kid who had amazing grades and everything all the skills but in the interview when he was asked what kind of projects he does in his freetime.. he said nothing.. then they asked him what does on his computer at home.. and he said surf... and that basically lost him everything.. so dun get too quick to judge.. asian ur trying too hard too.. you'll only be young for so long.. whats the point in life if you dont live it? ----------------------------------- PaddyLong Thu Jul 17, 2003 2:19 am ----------------------------------- people who try too hard in school are stupider than those who fail school I'm like a fucking philosopher or something 8) :lol: ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Thu Jul 17, 2003 10:52 am ----------------------------------- lol, how can I not work hard, my parents literally took me apart when I told them I had 82 for English, they blew up on me, made me do chores, and other punishments. I work hard to keep my parents off my back, don't like to be yelled at everyday. also, what about the people that doesn't want to major in computer science? I know Crono wants to go in bio-something, so does that mean that we need alot of projects? I mean what kind of project could you do for biology and take it to a interview? (hey mom, I'm taking that bacteria petri dish to the interview tomorrow, can you wrap it up for me so it doesn't spill? :D ) I agree with the practical experience though, but there isn't a lot of opportunity for people who wants to go in labs. I mean research places won't have some 16, 17 year old working for their lab. ----------------------------------- UBC_Wiskatos Thu Jul 17, 2003 12:28 pm ----------------------------------- lol, how can I not work hard, my parents literally took me apart when I told them I had 82 for English, they blew up on me, made me do chores, and other punishments. I work hard to keep my parents off my back, don't like to be yelled at everyday. also, what about the people that doesn't want to major in computer science? I know Crono wants to go in bio-something, so does that mean that we need alot of projects? I mean what kind of project could you do for biology and take it to a interview? (hey mom, I'm taking that bacteria petri dish to the interview tomorrow, can you wrap it up for me so it doesn't spill? :D ) I agree with the practical experience though, but there isn't a lot of opportunity for people who wants to go in labs. I mean research places won't have some 16, 17 year old working for their lab. Not necessarily true, a girl in our school won some Canadian Science Fair with a biological experiment involving bacteria that clean up iron or something, it was quite cool. ----------------------------------- Asok Thu Jul 17, 2003 12:36 pm ----------------------------------- working hard is for losers :P school is all about slacking AND getting good grades. 8) ----------------------------------- SilverSprite Thu Jul 17, 2003 2:12 pm ----------------------------------- Yes working too hard is just stupid.. Your only young for so long.. anyways asian i think your exagerating everything your saying.. trying too hard makes you do worse!! that is my philosophy.. and its true.. i've found out through experience.. do very little work.. pay attention in class.. and you'll do great.. except your fat mouth inhibits you from listsening to the teacher.. and hence you have to work as hard as you say you work.. so just shut up more often and you'll be set. ----------------------------------- SilverSprite Thu Jul 17, 2003 2:13 pm ----------------------------------- working hard is for losers :P school is all about slacking AND getting good grades. 8) sooo true.. especially high school.. university is a bit different.. its hard to slack off and get good grades..but doable:D ----------------------------------- AsianSensation Thu Jul 17, 2003 5:53 pm ----------------------------------- don't tell that to me, i completely understand you, and the need to slack off. Tell it to my parents, my mom found me watching TV for like half an hour, and told me that it was a useless activity, and I should be doing something else productive, like washing the dishes... Im seriously not exagerating, the only off time i get is probably when im playing basketball, and my parents only let me do that is because it's "good" for me... also, I really do need to shut up more often and listen to other people... Not necessarily true, a girl in our school won some Canadian Science Fair with a biological experiment involving bacteria that clean up iron or something, it was quite cool. well, she can't really bring the bacteria to the interview could she? She is probably going to bring the award certificate she received. And bringing a SAT score, or other contest score is the samething. ----------------------------------- SilverSprite Thu Jul 17, 2003 6:08 pm ----------------------------------- they arent really impressed with contest scores i dont think... only if you do EXCEPTIONALLY well... which is EXTREMELY hard ----------------------------------- Crono Thu Jul 17, 2003 7:54 pm ----------------------------------- hey, i aint sayin i work hard, but w/e, i'd rather work hard in gr12 than slack off n screw up, u ppl r prob rite, undergrad doesnt matter that much, yea i kno, projects matter, not tat much tho, especially if ur from Massey, lol, i kno bugz n me can get in waterloo n TO easily cuz all da stuff we've been thru p.s. who da hell needz 2 kno how 2 spell, we got compilers 2 tell us we screwed up, hahaha, j/k... ----------------------------------- SilverSprite Thu Jul 17, 2003 8:11 pm ----------------------------------- yeah you guys are lucky... pretty much got it made.. ----------------------------------- UBC_Wiskatos Fri Jul 18, 2003 9:28 pm ----------------------------------- hey, i aint sayin i work hard, but w/e, i'd rather work hard in gr12 than slack off n screw up, u ppl r prob rite, undergrad doesnt matter that much, yea i kno, projects matter, not tat much tho, especially if ur from Massey, lol, i kno bugz n me can get in waterloo n TO easily cuz all da stuff we've been thru p.s. who da hell needz 2 kno how 2 spell, we got compilers 2 tell us we screwed up, hahaha, j/k... :-P ----------------------------------- Crono Sat Jul 19, 2003 12:45 pm ----------------------------------- thx, i like bein a noob, it's fun, hey UBC, do u goto mah skoo? ----------------------------------- UBC_Wiskatos Sat Jul 19, 2003 1:49 pm ----------------------------------- thx, i like bein a noob, it's fun, hey UBC, do u goto mah skoo? I'm just kidding around, wanted to test out the picture. :-P Nope, I don't go to Massey. ----------------------------------- Jonny Tight Lips Tue Aug 05, 2003 10:29 am ----------------------------------- I think the idea of a national standard test is an excellent idea and feel that Canada should have a similar test. but unless you're planning to go to university in the states, I don't see the point... just extra work for yourself ARE YOU NUTS!!! Why would you want more tests! I'm fine with haveing less work but hey you might injoy working!! ----------------------------------- PaddyLong Tue Aug 05, 2003 1:01 pm ----------------------------------- well to be honest with you ... our system of schooling and hiring (for jobs) is totally fucked up and in my opinion needs a major reform ... a standard test could be a start plus, I'm probably one of the most lazy/unmotivated people you'll find when it comes to school (fucking hated the shit) ... but really a standard test wouldn't (well... shouldn't) be something you would have to study for or anything that would be hard as long as you knew your shit