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Here's what Lisa Dice, 17, had with her when she took the new SAT exam: four mechanical No. 2 pencils, a calculator, a sweatshirt, a bottle of water, a bottle of apple juice and a packet of cheese-flavored crackers. Here's what she wishes she'd had: "a sandwich--something with a bit more substance...
Clocking in at 3 hr. 45 min.-- three-quarters of an hour longer than the old test--the new exam, which debuted on March 12, is not just a measure of verbal and mathematical proficiency; it's a test of endurance. Kids are given two 5-min. breaks, which they may use for refueling. Ned Johnson, an SAT tutor who sat for the new exam himself, says he saw kids running out into the hallways and "stuffing their faces...
...when so much rides on SAT scores and when parents are looking for every possible competitive edge for their children, it's no wonder that exam-time nutrition is becoming the next frontier in test prep. Thomson Peterson's, a national test-prep firm, has created a diet section on its website to introduce students to more healthful pre-exam nutrition. And private tutors are increasingly offering food strategies as part of their curriculum...
Johnson, who runs PrepMatters, an SAT-coaching firm in Bethesda, Md., not only advises his students to eat a good breakfast before the exam; he also helps them use practice tests to determine which snacks sustain them best. "It made a difference," says Jan Evans, whose son Walker was coached by Johnson two years ago. Though he ran out of steam during a practice test when he had eaten beef jerky, Walker fared better on the granola bars and bananas that Johnson recommended. "He was surprised he wasn't burned out," says Evans, who was impressed...
Lara vowed to stick to her fast even though she will likely sit through two midterms during her strike—an organic chemistry test today and a French exam tomorrow...