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Skriven 2007-03-09 12:56:40 av hap newsom
     Kommentar till en text av LYNN SACERDOTE
Ärende: RE: CCI test
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Hey Lynn!
-> 
-> Peter and I got to the school a little late, but as it turns out, Melanie
-> (the admissions director) wasn't ready for us yet, anyway. When we finally
-> got into the meeting room, we were bombarded with papers and forms. 
Lots
-> and lots of release forms, lots of papers describing the courses and the
-> process of admissions, and of course, there was the application. It was a
-> lot smaller than the applications I'd filled out for regular colleges (only
-> about a page and a half long) and was mostly filling out my name and
-> address. After that, we were given the test.
-> 
Isn't it amazing how many "hoops" you have to jump through? My wife went 
back to college again to become a teacher when our daughter was in 
elementary school...she was over 30 at the time.....and still she had to jump 
through all the "hoops". The one that got her irked the most was the "wait 
behind this line until you are called to the desk" in one of the secretary's 
offices. Much of our lives seems to be spent dancing like a monkey for no 
reason at all.

-> A standardized test. Grammar, reading comprehension, and a math section
-> consisting of pre-algebra problems as well as a hefty handful of algebra 1
-> problems. Grammar was the easiest section, and I choked on the math. 
(I've
-> never been all that great at math, so the only ones I were absolutely sure
-> of were long division (thanks to middle school), adding/subtracting
-> fractions (yay chem class), and the numerical patterns (because they
-> require a bit of out-of-the-box thinking). The rest of them were
-> nerve-wracking, and I ended up filling out a blank page of paper on both
-> sides full of numbers. But there was nothing about cooking on the test
-> whatsoever.
-> 
-> So, basically, they wanted to make sure I could speak normally, read at a
-> first grade level, comprehend basic orders, and do basic level math. I got
-> my test result back about three minutes after I handed it in. I passed, and
-> Melanie said I did 'phenomenally well.' Now comes phase three of the whole
-> thing, where the rest of the administrators take a look at my report cards
-> and the forms I filled out to see if I'm accepted or not. Unfortunately,
-> Peter and I were too early for food. The plus side of that was that I was
-> home by quarter of five.
-> 
-> That's the basics of what happened for the test. According to Melanie, I'll
-> get a letter of acceptance (if I'm accepted) in the next two weeks or so,
-> as well as a call from her. Keep your fingers crossed for me

Fingers duly crossed! (not that I think you need it, you're a shoo-in! )
chat with you soon
hap 
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