South Salem High School - Sword and Shield Yearbook (Salem, OR)

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unior plan tsometimesj for college. College!? I'm still in high school, was hat most juniors thought when they were ing confronted with this major decision. October, the Class of 1985 finished taking e P.S.A.T. in preparation for college. As hn Hansen put it, The math was predict- le but the verbal was a little more difficult an I expected. This was a typical com- ent because the math section on the .A.T. seemed, to most, much easier than e verbal. Some unfortunate students are probably ll asking themselves What is the P.S.A.T. e and why should I take it? Well, the .A.T. consisted of a verbal section and a th section. The first section that a stu- nt took was the verbal. This section con- ted of many virtually unknown words un- s the dictionary was studied an hour each ht. Antonyms, fill-ins, related words, and ssages were the four sub-parts of the st challenging section, the verbal. One the reasons for the high difficulty in this tion was because the students were only ted 50 minutes. Many students agreed th Derek Maurer's comment, I could ve used more time. he math section, the second half of the t, was thought of by many as the easier lf. It consisted of geometry problems, ry problems, and solving for a variable. e the verbal part the math section was o alloted 50 minutes. Mary Reese re- rked, It wasn't as hard as I thought it uld be. hat was the purpose of such a test? The rpose was preparation for the S.A.T. The .T. would be extremely difficult, there- e many students recognized that prep- was necessary The P.S.A.T. was ood preparation for the dreaded and S A T s said Romy Mortenson. taking the P S A.T., some juniors lans or were preparing for their future decisions. When asked about their plans, some students had already made their deci- sion, like Nanette Sell who replied, I'm planning to attend P.L.U. On the other hand, some students hadn't quite made their decision yet, so instead of saying they hadn't, they replied like john Hansen, who said, Fun at the East Coast, preferably Prin- ceton, Yale, andfor Brown. Of course there were very serious stu- dents, like Derek Graham who replied, I'm going to attend Chemekata tU.C.L.A.l. Besides studying for their classes, many juniors studied information about colleges. There were several ways most students found this information. One of the most popular ways was to use guides le.g., Bar- ron's Profiles of American Collegesl. Writ- ing to a interesting college and asking for information was another common practice. When students had the time, many visited their favorite campuses. Some found that one of the best ways to get accurate infor- mation was to talk to an older friend. Planning for college caused many stu- dents to forget they had another year in high school. In order to make all the extra effort worth while, this planning became necessary. For most of the juniors, decisions in the near future had to be made. Still the majority would have to reply like Mark Reynolds: I haven't thought about it yet. -P. Hibbard Yearbook staffers Dan Sloop, Romy Mortensen, and Tony Mattessich pretend to be typical juniors checking the Guidance Center bulletin board. Shawn Aicher N Anthony Albrich Cheryl Aldrich Amy Allen Debra Allen Steve Altman Ramona Alvarez Stacy Alvord Gary Anderson laura Anderson Lisa Anderson -ZZ-5 1-9 Shan Anderson Thomas Andrews jennifer Ault Shea Bajaj :J Georga Baker Katrina Baker Marianne Baker Bridget Bakken loel Barfknecht Greta Barrier luniors 31

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