Bar Day 2
Nothing major to note today. It was the multiple choice part and there was really nothing dramatic about it.
The ballroom was still just as cold today as it was yesterday. I found out as I came in the front way that it turns out that only the back part is freezing and I'm apparently sitting under a vent. I made it through the first part okay, but it really hit my hard after lunch. I was really achy from tensing up from the cold and I started getting sleepy. I ended up finishing about an hour early, partly because I usually fly through multiple choice exams and partly because I know that I was sort of not getting questions because I was so sleepy! I blame being sick and the cold for making me so tired. Anyway, I never can tell how I did on multiple choice, partly because I'm always convinced that I messed up because I finished so much faster.
On a side note, I really wonder about some of the people. From what I've been told, they tried a new format with shorter questions this year, so it's possible that people were using the old advice from what I've been told were page long fact patterns. Anyway, the girl beside me was underlining and circling and marking... I don't know. Most of the questions were a paragraph or two long. They fit two questions per page, sometimes three. I wonder if it's just a case of people overcomplicating things or if I really missed something... I was just like "Read question. Read answers. Answer question. Move on." Of course, I test well on standardized questions anyway, so who knows? I'll find out in October. I've pretty much given up hope on the essay part, but I'd like to pass the MBE so I only have one day of testing.
Anyway, when I made it back to the room, I was freezing and exhausted, so I pretty much just collapsed on the bed for about three hours. It's weird because I got a decent night's sleep last night....or so I thought. After that, Ashley and I hit Chili's and then went bowling. It was sort of cool, since it was one I went to with a group of people when we went to the State Fair every year for competitions.
Now we're back in the room and I'm just basically going to chill out and collapse. We have to check out of the room tomorrow by 2, then head back and get Alley from boarding. After that, we plan to just hang out and recover for a few days.
And that was my day.... Thank goodness it's over.
The ballroom was still just as cold today as it was yesterday. I found out as I came in the front way that it turns out that only the back part is freezing and I'm apparently sitting under a vent. I made it through the first part okay, but it really hit my hard after lunch. I was really achy from tensing up from the cold and I started getting sleepy. I ended up finishing about an hour early, partly because I usually fly through multiple choice exams and partly because I know that I was sort of not getting questions because I was so sleepy! I blame being sick and the cold for making me so tired. Anyway, I never can tell how I did on multiple choice, partly because I'm always convinced that I messed up because I finished so much faster.
On a side note, I really wonder about some of the people. From what I've been told, they tried a new format with shorter questions this year, so it's possible that people were using the old advice from what I've been told were page long fact patterns. Anyway, the girl beside me was underlining and circling and marking... I don't know. Most of the questions were a paragraph or two long. They fit two questions per page, sometimes three. I wonder if it's just a case of people overcomplicating things or if I really missed something... I was just like "Read question. Read answers. Answer question. Move on." Of course, I test well on standardized questions anyway, so who knows? I'll find out in October. I've pretty much given up hope on the essay part, but I'd like to pass the MBE so I only have one day of testing.
Anyway, when I made it back to the room, I was freezing and exhausted, so I pretty much just collapsed on the bed for about three hours. It's weird because I got a decent night's sleep last night....or so I thought. After that, Ashley and I hit Chili's and then went bowling. It was sort of cool, since it was one I went to with a group of people when we went to the State Fair every year for competitions.
Now we're back in the room and I'm just basically going to chill out and collapse. We have to check out of the room tomorrow by 2, then head back and get Alley from boarding. After that, we plan to just hang out and recover for a few days.
And that was my day.... Thank goodness it's over.