PSAT conflicts with Homecoming move-in day

After finishing a grueling two and a half hour test on Oct. 18, dozens of sophomores and juniors rushed to the quad, where the other classes were already busy putting up decorations.

On the morning of move-in day, many sophomores and juniors also chose to take the PSAT. While the freshmen and seniors could begin working on their decorations at 10 a.m. Saturday morning, the sophomores and juniors had to wait until 11:30 a.m., after completing the test.

“I thought we would be losing a lot of time because of the PSAT, but after the PSAT there weren’t very many people there decorating anyway,” sophomore class president Spring Ma said.

Junior class vice president Spencer Yen also thought that juniors would be at a disadvantage, but they found that there weren’t many people decorating Saturday morning.

The junior class prepared for the lost time due to the PSAT by making many of the small decorations beforehand and drove them to school after the PSAT. Yen said move-in day was successful despite losing some time because the junior class was prepared and stayed at school until 8 p.m. whereas many people from other classes left at 6 p.m.

The sophomore class was not as prepared as the junior class, and they lost points Sunday night for staying over time to finish decorations.

“I wish we had more time for decorations, but it wasn’t due to the PSAT,” Ma said.