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[quote=Anonymous]If your school has your kids take a version of the PSAT every fall, then the choice of when to take the SAT comes down to if it seems you have any chance of being a National Merit Scholar.

If you have a chance, you should prep the summer of before junior year so the prep helps BOTH the PSAT and then just carries over on to the December SAT.  That leaves you all spring for retakes and/or to try the ACT if you aren't happy with SAT scores.  This also can leave more time free spring of junior year to take SAT II tests in June after AP tests in May.

If you don't really have National Merit aspirations, then a little more schooling in the fall of junior year can't hurt.  You can use your PSAT data to set up online prep to go over your DC weaknesses and then test in January to leave time for retesting/ACT attempts.  January testing doesn't leave much time for prep but for most, a little tough love over two or three weeks gives the most bang for your buck.

If your DC is more willing to prep, aside from having them checked for unicorn blood, consider testing in March to be ready for one all out test.  A big part of preping is knowing how to avoid problems on test day.  If you plan on retesting, you will end up having to do it.  Of course, the March test still leaves time for retests if needed.[/quote]

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