Since I’m not allowed to talk about the actual test, I will instead talk about my experiences taking the SAT. The SAT is a test with no face. This is kind of a hard concept for me to explain but I will try.
I took the SAT this morning at the University of San Diego. I walked into the hall where the exam was supposed to be. There was nobody there to greet me. Instead, there were pieces of paper with room assignments based on last name. There was a “barrier” of desks that said things like “Show your ID” and “No cell phones beyond this point” but nobody sitting in the desks to enforce these rules.
I walked past the barrier and turn off my cell phone, expecting some sort of penalty for refusing. However, the only people beyond the barrier were high school students. I expected some sort of SAT administrator to be directing us but no, we had to find our rooms by ourselves.
It ended up that my room was towards the end of a narrow hallway filled with high school students. I cannot stress enough how much there was not somebody from the SAT telling us what to do. We were just forced to wait. Finally, after a few minutes of waiting, some students from USD showed up and let us into the room. For all of the stringent rules that are given to you before you take the test, you would expect it to be more structured but I guess finding your room is part of the first test.
