#acet tips

Last September 27, 2014 (Saturday), I took the Ateneo de Manila University College Entrance Test. Masasabi kong ito yung college entrance test na pinaghandaan ko talaga (weh) kasi ang haba ng time ko para magreview.  

Isipin mo kasi September 21, 2014 dapat yung exam ko tapos dahil sa Typhon Mario, na-move sa Sept. 27. Oha oha. Kaya nga semi-thankful ako kay Mario kahit binaha kami. HAHAHAHAHA.

*Sorry kasi panget yung quality ng photos. :( Di ko kasi phone yung pinangpicture ko. Kaiyak. 

6:30 AM na ng dumating ako sa Ateneo. Kahit super aga naming umalis sa bahay, traffic pa rin. Since hindi naman ganun kalayo yung distance ng Ateneo High School (which is yung testing venue ko) sa entrance mismo ng Ateneo, nilakad ko na lang. Sobrang traffic eh. 

Yung mga kasabay kong nag-ACET, mga conyo! Grabe, hindi ko sila ka-level. Skwater here! Hahahaha. They were like:

"Hey, like omg it's acet na like it's so scary"

"How many are you in class? We're like eight"

"The essay part is so scary, like oh my god"

"Gosh the restroom is so puno... I don't want to make pila there"

Kaya pag may naririnig ako sa likod ko na nagtatagalog, sinasabi ko na lang sasarili ko: "Yes! Ka-level ko to! Di ako nag-iisa!"

Ito ata yung Gymnasium ng Ateneo High School --yung waiting area namin. Binigyan kami ng time mag-cr kaya pinush ko na. Mahirap na, baka tawagin pa ako ng kalikasan habang nag-eexam.

So, puno yung CR ng boys. Like, lahat ng cubicles and urinals may gumagamit. Yung shower room lang yung walang tao. 

"Just pee in the shower room na lang hahahaha," sabi nung isa kong kasabay sa restroom.

Iba tong ACET kasi while in the waiting area, binigyan kami ng chance na makipag-socialize by arranging ourselves alphabetically. Yet, I didn't even make any friends. I cri.

So ito yung exam proper:

1. Language Proficiency - Mahirap yung error detection dito at grammar. Pero sa lahat ng subtests, ito pinakamadali.

2. Mathematical Proficiency - Buti na lang may mga alam ako dito kahit papaano. Medyo naaral ko yung conic sections kaya nasagutan ko. Yung sa trigo naman, nagkaproblema din pero tinry ko talaga na makuha yung best answer. Syempre, dito ko pinairal yung #PowerOfC.

3. Vocabulary - heh. madugo ito Ayoko nang pag-usapan.

4. Logical Reasoning - medyo na-confuse ako nang very slight dito, kasi di ko alam yung pinaglalaban ng gumawa ng test na to. Di ko alam mga pinagsasagot ko dito. Hue :(

5. Abstract Reasoning - sa buong test siguro, ito yung pinakanahirapan ako. Isipin mo, yung time limit. Nakakamatay. :(((((((((

6. General Knowledge - binigyan kami ng 25 items in 5 minutes para sagutan to. Hahahaha. Madali lang naman, madaling hulaan.

7. Reading Comprehension - mahirap na nakakatamad pa! Oha oha!

8. Numerical Ability - kung akala mo tapos na ang Math nagkakamali kaaaa! Samu't saring word problems arithmetic sequence and series na nakakadugo ng utak.

Unfinishable nga ang ACET. Nakakaiyak. Nakapanlulumo. Nakakaumay. Yung essay? Natapos ko din naman kaso di ako confident sa nagawa ko. 

Level of difficulty? Halos magka-level lang sila ng UPCAT. Mas madali lang nang konting konti yung UPCAT kasi nga basic. Sa ACET, medyo advanced. Pero kung nadalian ka sa UPCAT, medyo hindi ka na mahihirapan sa ACET.

Paglabas ko ng Ateneo, super traffic sa Katipunan. Walang galawan. Kaya hindi na ako sinundo. Pinag-LRT na lang nila ako. Hahaaha.

Pero syempre bago umuwi, naglunch muna ako sa Jolibee. Dun, nakasalubong ko si Marck Espejo. Idol!

Sorry if this is a bit late. 

Hmm, ACET tips. I don’t really remember much from last year eh, but here’s what I can tell you.

Don’t study too much. If you have reviewers, just run through them and don’t pore over them too much. Refreshers lang naman yan, and you’ve already studied most of the stuff in there so don’t stress it. As for the exam itself, the science and math parts weren’t too hard, sakto lang— and this is coming from someone so unbelievably stupid in mathematics. The English part was very easy for me, but I have some classmates that had difficulty with it. If you’re fluent and “bihasa” sa English, you shouldn’t have a problem though. The essay [art is a bit challenging as you need to form and gather your thoughts fast, but the hardest part was the reading comprehension because it really presented a time crunch. Also the abstract reasoning one because wat wat wat I didn’t understand anything :( Haha but izz all good.