“Don’t cram. If you study the last day, you won’t know anything.”

—Deborah Adenote, 12

“Get lots of sleep and fill up two pages for the essay.”

—Dimitri Koufakis, 12

“You should omit questions because you lose points whenever you answer something wrong.”

—Emarchelle Devilla, 12

“Bring food [for the break].” 

—Travis Dinh, 12

“For the reading section, make yourself love the stories even when you don’t like it.”

—David Vien, 12