[Doctor Number Four] /me couldn't figure out how to register for the PSAT and missed it
  [Xyzzy] Probabilistic Satisfiability?
    [Doctor Number Four] Preliminary SAT
    [Doctor Number Four] or National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test
      [Doctor Number Four] ^the reason I needed to take it
    [Xyzzy] Enjoy the spare time and then go for the usual SAT?
      [Xyzzy] #misthread
      [Doctor Number Four] I'm registering for the SAT now, but I still want to take the PSAT so I can get a scholarship maybe
        [Xyzzy] Mmm...
      [Doctor Number Four] I qualified last time I took it, in sophomore year
      [bluebird] yeah, regular SAT means you don't get considered for National Merit. which is about scholarships
        [bluebird] generally only PSATs feed into that
      [Doctor Number Four] :(
    [Xyzzy] So, the registration deadline for the PSAT is over, but it itself not?
      [Doctor Number Four] yes
      [Doctor Number Four] there's a few other test dates
    [Xyzzy] If so, you could try begging the mercy of the responsible people, or start repenting.
    [bluebird] this is a national systemic thing, so, local school administrators can't really do anything
      [bluebird] otherwise, that's a good general strategy : )
    [Xyzzy] Then he can start repenting.
    [Doctor Number Four] I didn't have to register last year, I just figured i wouldn't have to this year
    [Doctor Number Four] And now I won't be going to university.
    [Doctor Number Four] :(
    [Xyzzy] You can always sell your soul for loans.
      [totallyhuman] that'll happen either way
      [Xyzzy] With a scolarship, something lesser, the firstborn child or something, might have sufficed.
      [totallyhuman] mm
    [bluebird] well, that does not necessarily follow. about not going to uni
    [bluebird] still lots of options and methods open
    [Xyzzy] My point exactly.
    [bluebird] it isn't the end of the world for uni
      [bluebird] and you may still be able to get on the PSAT/NMS track, too
      [Doctor Number Four] hope so
    [Doctor Number Four] Yeah, I guess I could move to Northern Europe.
      [Xyzzy] Or Northern Europa! >:D
      [Doctor Number Four] not without a degree. :(
        [Xyzzy] We always accept auxiliary janitors.
        [Xyzzy] I could train you to do IT stuff or something.
      [Doctor Number Four] t'would be cool tho
    [Doctor Number Four] or numerous other places
      [bluebird] not even : )
      [bluebird] but y not, if you want?
    [Doctor Number Four] come to think of it
      [bluebird] heh
  [Doctor Number Four] /me doesn't know what to do
    [Xyzzy] Brute force might be an option, if you have a finite amount of variables.
    [bluebird] talk to a guidance counselor asap
    [bluebird] sometimes there are late registrations possible, though there may be fees
      [Doctor Number Four] after official test dates?
      [bluebird] no. before
      [bluebird] when are they
      [bluebird] also sometimes you can register to take them at another school or district that still has them coming up
        [totallyhuman] actually...
        [totallyhuman] some districts might take it later
        [totallyhuman] maybe i'm not sure
        [bluebird] yes, that's reasonable
      [Doctor Number Four] today
        [bluebird] oh
        [Doctor Number Four] they were today
        [bluebird] so they are over at your school center, and you didn't get to take them today
        [Doctor Number Four] Primary test day: Wednesday, October 11
                             Saturday test day: October 14
        [Doctor Number Four] alternate test day: Oct 25
        [bluebird] guidance counselor email. asap. now.
        [Xyzzy] NOW!
        [totallyhuman] ye dude
          [totallyhuman] there's still a good chance
          [totallyhuman] ...come to think of it, i should've just taken it on the alternate day myself
          [totallyhuman] i'm super jet lagged
            [totallyhuman] i almost fell asleep during
          [bluebird] were yours today, too?
          [totallyhuman] yeah
          [bluebird] oof. i agree, that's a bit rough
          [bluebird] maybe you should ask a counselor about it, too. for maybe the 25th. or even sat. if the dates are the same
          [bluebird] how do you feel you did, though?
          [bluebird] sometimes you can kind of tell
          [totallyhuman] i think i'm fine
          [bluebird] /me nods
        [bluebird] or go to their office if you are still at school
        [bluebird] call and leave a message, the old-fashioned way, even : )
        [Doctor Number Four] email sent
        [totallyhuman] goo
          [totallyhuman] d
            [totallyhuman] >.>
          [Xyzzy] ...Was about to ask.
            [totallyhuman] goo
          [bluebird] add to @WorkBot: !work !play !sendemailtoyourguidancecounseloraboutpsatsNOW
      [bluebird] ok. look into taking them in another region or district. it's about transportation and stuff, then.
      [Doctor Number Four] everybody took it today, I'd think
    [bluebird] @DoctorNumberFour, maybe they can help send in a letter or something explaining you've recently moved and are getting acclimated, or something
    [Doctor Number Four] ...maybe. I was already going to talk to them
  [totallyhuman] oh shit
  [totallyhuman] your school didn't do it for you?
  [Doctor Number Four] no
  [Doctor Number Four] they didn't