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Trying to gain an advantage on the ever-popular SA Ttl
grabbing a packet of useful informati on is Senior
Christiansen. Getting the info early proved benefici
Success Relies on Preparation registering and preparing. (Ted Graham)

Kristi Rasgorshek

The time for ACT and SAT's never tests also varied between people. "I thought the
failed to creep up on the unsuspecting juniors ACT was easier than the SAT, but they were
and seniors. both fairly easy for me," said Youngman. The
Much time was spent trying to decide degree of difficulty depended, for the most part,
when to take them, which ones to take, how on the student's particular skills and their prepa-
many times to take them, where to take them, ration for the tests. These factors often helped
and how to prepare for them, if at all. place a student in the college of his or her choice
Preparation for these standardized tests more accurately.
varied greatly between different students. Some These tests played an important role in
would walk in with no time or effort put into this the choosing of a college or university. Many
tedious project; while others took some time to colleges based acceptance heavily on these test
be organized or extra cautious. "I did not scores; whereas, others used it only as added
prepare at all for the tests ," said Junior Blake -information with other factors in mind. With
Youngman. However, there were many who many students taking these tests, and the differ-
would do some extra work to ensure a better ent talents and skills of the students, it was hard
score. "My dad bought me a big book on for some to decide the importance of the ACT
preparing for the ACT and SAT's, to help me and SAT's.
score better on the standardized tests," said Nevertheless, these standardized tests
Junior Angie Padden. were here to stay, and played a major role in
The difficulty of these standardized college acceptance and academic standings. e

Joki, Scott
Jones, Garrell
Jones, Greg
Jones, Lyle
J uggert, Jenny
Kacerik, Jeff
Kaebel, Klage

Kaestner, Kris
Kaiser, Jeff
Karpan, Becky
Kaspar, Jeff
Katzman, Andy
Kearney, Jenn
Keennan, Christina

Kei ser, Kelli
Kelley, John
Kelly, Ke vin
Kelly , Nicholas
Kenefick, Keeley
Kerrigan, Katie
Ketteler, Andrew

Kiernan, Colleen
Killam, Sarah
Kilmer, Jeremiah
King, Marshal
King, Zach
Kirk, Troy
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