Almost like the Hunger Games

I want to share a few things that have been going on in my neck of the woods.

So, back to those three (dental hygiene) tests. Seeing as the acceptance letters are sent this Friday(Ahh!!), it is well overdue to have an update in this department.
Ok. The first test... to put it in simple terms, was super duper hard. Insanely hard. I can't even describe it. A few of the questions involved reading part of a medical research article, then reading someone's (ei a politician or a "religious leader") response, THEN my job was to choose whether or not that person's response was good/bad and why. 35 questions in 50 minutes. I think I got to number 27 before the time ran out, but I don't remember.  I just remember guessing on most of them. My brain hurt so badly after that test. haha

The other two tests were taken at the same time and place as everyone else who applied to this school. On a very early Saturday morning, I showed up, and I was a little alarmed with the amount of people already there in the yoga room! The tests were taken in the room I've done yoga in for two quarters. Most days, that room is relaxing and low-key, but that day was not one of those days. There were about 80 people in that room. 80 people wanted to get into the program. Everyone seemed nice on the outside, but I know what everyone was thinking: I need to beat all these people. I need to win. Thankfully, the odds for winning this game were & are higher than the actual Hunger Games: 25% chance instead of 4%. There are also 20 winners here (and no one dies!). :)
The first test was an essay-- which took about an hour. And then the Spatial Relations test. Both were intense. Both were rushed. The crazy spatial test was a timed 15-minute test with 35 questions!

If you want to know the type of questions that were on the Spatial test, here's an example:
What would this box look like if it were made into a flat piece of paper?

Yeah, if I hadn't somewhat prepared for this test, I would have FREAKED out.  The program didn't want you to study for these tests, so they didn't tell you what exactly was on them.  Thankfully, my mom keep bugging me about researching practice tests online, so I did a random assortment of practice tests. I only needed to do shape stuff like the example above, but I practiced more than that. Better safe than sorry, right?! :D

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We got our grades back a few days ago, and I am very pleased to say I got above average on all three of them! I was shocked! I still am. Praise the Lord!

The program emails, calls AND sends a letter of acceptance if you are one of the 20. People keep telling me, "Oh, you'll get in! I know you will." But I'm not so sure. When Friday comes (it's 3 days away!), I'm going to be extremely excited if I get in. And even if I don't get in, people might deny their acceptance and end up going to a different school they applied for, therefore allowing me to get bumped up in line. So... I'll be on the edge of my seat for awhile if that happens.

I need to prepare for the worst though. Right now, Plan B is to move to Hawaii with my family. :) Doesn't sound like a bad plan, right?

*oh, and the answer to the question above is b : )