By+Devin+Soni

This is figurative language  This is inverted syntax **Resist the Beast**

Have you heard of something called the SAT? The crystal ball that not only predicts but determines your future? Spot on! Necessary is this test to get into places like Princeton , because everyone who is anyone knows the importance of college! On the students and even the parents is the pressure of ensuring that this grand test counts to their benefit.

Speaking of the test’s supposed potential benefit, Is it outweighed by the costs of the SAT? Just for one test, an immeasurable amounts of pressure is put on the student, who eagerly awaits and hopes for a successful future. For the students, the ultimate salvation and accomplishment is college, shown by their inevitable bumper stickers from Princeton.

Speaking of the wonderland known as Princeton, hidden in the shroud of prestige is the benefit? // (this line should also be blue) // What makes it better than any other college? Is it the fact that everyone there has an astronomically high SAT, or is it simply the bragging right that can be used in future? Regardless of the motive, is it ever worth the pressure?

Oh, the immense wall of pressure, killing Ivy dreams while being their creator. The Princeton Review tries to relieve the pressure and give kids success in the future. A few hundred dollars later, the only benefit was a pencil that said “Princeton Review: class for SAT”. I sure hope that helps my application for college!

In the end, it is certainly important to go to college, but perhaps without all of the pressure. The decision-maker is not the SAT, nor is it the admissions council in the stuffy basement of Princeton. People should go to school and learn for their own benefit, as success is nothing without a basis for the future.

So, do you want an enjoyable future? Do you want a seamless journey through the process of admission to college? Then do things for your own benefit. Your life should not be controlled by the pressure, nor should the key to your happiness be held by Princeton. After all, do you even know what the letters stand for in SAT?

So please, take this sestina to your benefit. Think of Princeton not as your only future, but as a fortunate draw from the deck. And remember, your SAT means nothing if the beast of pressure devours you before you even get to college!