At X-Games,
normally the announcer will kind of give an interesting fact
about the person who's dropping.
ANNOUNCER:
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the little bio just read, "1580 on the S.A.T."
I thought that was really funny. [LAUGHS]
So I traveled to Europe for our fall season training,
and it was really, really difficult to schedule an S.A.T. in Europe.
The only test center
that was still administering the test and had availability was in Geneva.
By the time I got into Geneva, it was already 11:30pm.
Then I wake up the next morning and we go down for breakfast
and there are these amazing veal sausages.
[CROWD CHEERING]
We arrived the night before, so we didn't have time
to go grocery shopping. The S.A.T. is a 4-hour test.
There are snack breaks, but I didn't have snacks.
So I decided that it would make sense for me
to wrap some veal sausages in a napkin, put them in my purse,
bring them to the test center, as one does,
and that would be my snack for the S.A.T.
because they were delicious and also the only food I had.
So at this point, the sausages are in my bag
and I'm ready to go to the test center.
My mom had already called the car.
By the time we get outside, we keep seeing the notification,
five minutes away, three minutes away.
Then it slowly starts to climb up.
Seven, ten minutes away.
We realize that we're probably not going to make it in time.
The test center, the doors close at 8am sharp.
And by this time it was 7:45.
So by the time the clock rolled around to 7:50,
I kind of made an executive decision.
I was going to go on my own to the test center.
Never have I ever run in a nice outfit with jeans and bag.
And I do have sausages in my bag.
So I'm trying not to shake it too much
because if the oil gets out, that's a major problem.
So I'm running along, it's absolutely dumping rain.
Cars that pass are giving me the strangest looks
and the roads are very confusing and windy.
Eventually I make my way to the test center, super out of breath,
and this campus was absolutely sprawling.
I was running around and snaking through all these different buildings
and trying to find the room,
and it's beginning to look like I'm not going to make it.
[SIRENS]
Eventually, I stumble upon the test site
and I think I finally made it, but...
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
the doors are closed.
And so at this point, I am dripping wet,
I look like a drowned rat, with this locked door in front of me.
And I feel like the world is about to end.
So I start knocking on the door and eventually the door opens.
And this very impatient proctor opens the door
and she's like, "Can I help you?" And I'm like, "Can you please,
please just let me take the test?" Eventually I make my way in.
I put down my sausage bag on the floor,
head over, try to calm myself, take a couple deep breaths.
We're about halfway through the test and we hit the first break,
but I am feeling pretty hungry. Going into that break,
I was looking forward to my sausages that I knew were in my bag.
But everybody's nibbling on their little chocolate or granola bars,
and I wasn't about to chow down on my veal sausages
right in the test center in front of everyone.
I was feeling quite self-conscious.
So I actually smuggled my bag into the one stall bathroom.
I entered the bathroom, locked the door,
and that is where I finally ate my sausages.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
So the results of the S.A.T. come out on an online portal.
I remember checking.
My hands were literally shaking. So nervous.
I check it, it comes up and it's like, "You have one new score."
I clicked open the score and it was a 1580.
I dropped my phone. I was like jumping up and down.
Immediately I ran down the hallway,
slammed open my mom's door. I think she was still in bed.
I was like, "My S.A.T. score is out, oh my God, I got a 1580.
This is literally insane." My mom burst into tears.
She was so happy
and I was, yeah, really, really happy.