"My name is Emal Ali. My major is undeclared for
now. I didn't really know. I heard from a couple people that it was
gonna be a little different, but I was thinking just about along the
same lines as the SAT thing which was part of it. I knew there was an
essay involved going in, so, kinda knew something, some background
about it. But I do remember that day, um, the night before I went to
sleep about 12, 12:30 pretty late and woke up at 6 o'clock for it, so I
didn't have the necessary sleep that I need. I need about eight hours a
day. I wasn't prepared. I went online. There's a website where you can
go to actually download the-- there's like a practice one for the math
and English. I downloaded both of them. I printed them out, but the bad
thing was I never actually took the practice test so I didn't have any
preperation at all. And when I took it, I mean, it showed, and that's
why consequently I was in English 20. Two years in high school I took
AP and I thought, you know, 'I'm gonna pass this thing.' I was off by a
couple points, and a couple more questions right I woulda been in
English 100. So, I would recommend that to just about any person,
really do try to prepare for it. You can't prepare enough. Just
prepare. Take your time. I mean, study habits, good study habits is
very important, very important in college. I learned the hard way, but
I'm learning, learning as I go along."
California State University
Math Success Web Site