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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They say Oct. is easier. Not sure if thats true but apparently the smartest kids take the first one offered and most are not taking the last one (Oct) so when you factor in the curve...there you go.[/quote]
May be true. But I don't wish the Oct (or Nov, Dec or Jan) of senior year SAT on anyone. [/quote]

Why? My DC took it yesterday and it was no big deal. Did not do any real additional prep (did the full tutoring thing last year). Thought it was much easier than prior tests. DC did well on prior tests but had room to improve on one section. We'll see if that pans out when the scores come out but overall it was the least stressful of all the testing so far. DCs friends taking it seemed to agree. [/quote]
For my daughter, she has a varsity sport, a heavy course load and wants to apply early decision or early application to about a dozen colleges (will end up being less but that's what's on her current list) so that means 12 apps and about 15 essays (2 major, 2-3 middle and the rest just a few sentences) by Oct 15 or Nov 1. Throw in a few college visits, homecoming and other fun stuff, a few family obligations, etc. So I guess it just depends on the kid.  [/quote]

Wow that is crazy.  While mine has nearly all of those same activities DC is not doing 12 ED/EA apps.  We found that with the most selective schools it's hard to do more than a few ED/EA apps.  My DC is doing 1 ED and 2 EA.  Most of the other schools DC is interested in are single choice EA, or ED, so it's hard to do any more.  3 apps in the next couple of weeks seems bad enough so I can see that 12 would be impossible.

In any event, spending a Saturday morning taking the SATs again didn't really seem to add that much of a burden to DCs schedule.  And MANY other kids in DCs class were taking the test yesterday as well, including NMSFs, Merit commended students, etc.  I was just surprised that someone would think it was that bad a thing to do.[/quote]

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