001[Music] all right wild cats it's April it's spring that means a lot of things prom tickets are on sale Spring sports are in full swing here in Illinois it is also State Testing time so we got the sat next week we're going to talk to our students see if they're nervous see if they're ready see what their feelings are about one of the biggest tests of their lives all right wild cats I'm here with Maria Silva Brenda what year in school are you guys I'm a senior senior congratulations you excited for this last 6 weeks of school super excited yeah good what you most excited for heading down this home stretch prom for it to be done for it to be done big thing being seniors you guys don't have to take the SAT next
002week do you no so what are you guys going to do with your extended time off M I'm not sure probably sleep longer good do you have any advice for the juniors that do have to take that sat next week get some good sleep I would say good testing tip always get a good night's sleep I say you should try on it okay definitely try definitely try looking back did you guys think was it hard was it easy was it stressful it was stressful but it was pretty okay it was just pretty long just a long day just prepare that's why the Sleep helps right right all right Wildcat I'm here with Cameron what year in school are you I'm a sophomore so you'll take the PSAT T10 next week are you excited to take
003that state test yeah for sure for sure for sure for sure he's so excited he's wearing an SAT shirt here what are you going to do to get ready for that test next week I'm going to study as hard as I can he's ready he's going to take it seriously he's going to study what room are you taking your test in next week uh I forgot okay you're going to have to find that out what do you need to bring on that test day I'm going to need to bring a pencil and a Chromebook definitely a Chromebook cats I'm here with Sasha Alexa Kaitlyn Natalia Sophia so kind of ambushed him here what year in school are you guys senior senior senior junior senior senior we got a bunch of seniors one Junior so you
004seniors Springtime is here you guys just bought your prom tickets you guys get a couple days off next week you excited about that yes so excited she's hyped she's hyped but one of you does not get to off next week that's our Junior what are you what are you doing are you excited about the sat next week no no no she's not excited seniors do you have any advice for her some advice heading into that sat I told her it really doesn't matter because the schools don't even ask for your test anymore so just show up get it done and leave okay uh some schools are going test optional that's true I hear some are bringing it back but just show up get it done and leave says Sasha okay what and eat before okay
005yes definitely eat a good breakfast you want to have a good breakfast you didn't do that didn't do that was really bad okay so you want to make sure you eat a good breakfast get good night's sleep don't stress too much about it apparently don't have to worry about it what room are you taking the sat in next week I think 2123 I she thinks 2123 good good good what do you need to bring next week a charge Chromebook charge Chromebook good we're two for two on that kids know that you need to bring a charge Chromebook all right wild cats I'm here with some hard studying students before school I'm here with Gill Eli what year in school are you guys junior junior also all right we found two Juniors big week next week
006for you guys you got the SAT are you excited no I wouldn't say excited would be the right word for that well let's work on English skills that's part of the SAT what word would you say captures your feelings about next week i' say maybe a little bit nervous maybe not not excited no nervous not excited Eli confident confident confident does help you know fake it till you make it what do you need to bring on the day of the SAT a fully charged Chromebook and a char fully charged Chromebook and you're going to even bring a charger good job bring some snacks cuz you're probably going to be in there for a while what do you think will be the most difficult part of the SAT oh the math 100% 100% way to use
007a percent can you change the percent to a fraction what all right what do you think is going to be the hardest part G uh probably the math calculator section that's usually the hardest stuff but you get to use a calculator yeah but they make it much harder okay all right what room are you taking the satn 2148 uh I wish I knew all right Eli's got to find out he's got a week still hopefully he finds out by then who's your Den teacher uh Mr mclin okay he's yeah he's supposed to tell you yeah has he told you yet probably okay all right wild cats I'm here with Ava VI hi Ava what you're in school area I'm a junior junior all right big week for you next week all your friends just abandon
008you are you excited about the sat next week um not really I'm very nervous very nervous Okay so we've heard from Seniors they said it's no big deal you don't have to worry about it what are you doing to prepare and Avid we're taking like SAT prep and stuff so that's what I'm doing you going to get a good night's sleep the night before hopefully hopefully eat a good breakfast today I never eat breakfast okay what room are you taking the sat in I think 2121 you think 2121 all right I saw the email though so okay so you got it in your email you checked your email good job that's first step did your Den teacher tell you what room you're in no okay okay uh are you excited about other things going on
009this spring PR our softball season's going really well we beat we Warrenville South yesterday very good all right softball's in full swing you got prom coming up you got the SAT so just get through that test and you'll be fine right yeah yeah you want to be on Friday F I'm do you want to be on Friday hey you want to be on Friday huh what all right wild cats I'm here with Ella Don what year in school are you guys I'm a junior I'm a junior too big week for you next week are you guys excited about the SAT no oh yeah that's happening anything you're doing to prepare going over material whenever I can yeah we we both did a study course but I think some of that is worn off so I'm
010going to do a practice test this weekend you guys you guys want to be on Friday Funday all right wild cats I'm here with Julie in lined by your prom ticket what year in school are you uh I'm a junior that means next week you're taking the SAT are you excited about that uh no not at all not at all are you nervous uh no okay good what room are you taking it I'm not even sure but it's in the third floor well there's not a lot of rooms on the third floor should be easy to find I think you're going to do fine I think you're more excited than you're letting know okay yeah all right well cats have a great weekend spring is here a lot of fun things going on including the
011sat next week check that email find out what room you're in you'll do great don't be nervous take care of yourself have a great weekend [Music] Wildcats