PSATs!!!!

I don't get what is up with these. They are pretty pointless might I say. The main purpose of the PSAT is to qualify one for scholarships, primarily the National Merit Scholarship if you are a high school sophomore or younger. Otherwise the SAT already qualifies people for scholarships. So I think it is a waste of $23.50 to take a test. So, I have some points below:

1. Why do they make us pay money to take a test? I know the College Board isn't a government corporation, and so they have to get money somehow, but why make us students (well... our parents) pay to take a test. It's like they are making us pay them to make us study (if you chose to) for a test. I think it is ridiculous.
2. Is there a point in taking this assessment? NO! The College Board is pretty stupid, I think. They make us pay extra money to take a test that does everything the SAT does, except one thing that it qualifies us for National Merit Scholarship. If that is the only difference, then why not just make the SAT qualify us for the National Merit and rid of PSATs. That will save us poor students two and a half or more hours wasted of our lives.

There we go... my rant of the day. Oh, and by the way I would like everyone to check out this hysterical book by Stephen Colbert: here at Amazon. A lot of the content is quite insulting and WRONG, but you can't have a sense of humor if you can't laugh along with "the other side." So have fun reading it if you buy it. And if you find an eBook (a free eBook) email me...

-Patrick