The secret to my SAT success…!

14 Jan

Posted by Sam Jackson as Esoterotica, Internets

Honestly? Dried cranberries. Fruits have wonderful powers and it was their magic which kept me strong through the hours of testing on my last sitting.

Actually, I just wanted to take a quick moment to encourage everyone to go vote in US News & World Report’s ‘Paper Trail 2006‘ rankings, specifically for ‘best alternative media outlet.’ Further, I would encourage you to go vote for Wesleying, Wesleyan’s very active, very excellent campus activity news bulletin blog. They do a really good job and they deserve this meaningless link-baiting attempt at recognition from US News. I’m not even going to mention the other contestants, since Wesleying is tops (Something I’ve been saying for a while–I actually link people the blog as I try to convince them to apply to Wesleyan). Actually, I think the Bwog can be pretty interesting sometimes. But go vote for Wesleying.

Thanks to IvyGate for tipping me off to this one, I should have a ‘real post’ sometime tomorrow evening.

4 Responses

Jen

January 15th, 2007 at 11:48 am
1

Will those magical cranberries reduce boredom?

My main issue with the SAT is just its length. Cannot sit still for 4ish hours.
Sam Jackson

January 15th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
2

Well, this helped in the bathroom breaks: http://www.erelevant.net/?p=51
Holly

January 15th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
3

Aw, thanks Sam!

Hope you get in to wherever you apply! But if you come to Wesleyan though, you can be assured you’ll have a nice snug place at Wesleying.

–Holly
Minerva

January 16th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
4

I second the dried cranberries thing. Reading the nutrition facts while munching makes me feel like a healthy person, even though I don’t exercise (freshman 15 YES).

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