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[quote=Anonymous]1) Yes, you can take the SAT subject test whenever you feel like would be a good time.  For example, if you take biology freshman year, and it was a rigorous course and you want to take the subject test while the subject matter is fresh, then take it.  Junior year might be a good time to take US history, etc.
2) The AP tests you take typically after you take the AP course.  They are only, to my knowledge, offered at the end of the year.
3) I don't think so.  They are for different purposes.  At many colleges, you can get credit for a 4 or 5 on an AP test, but the SAT II is just another way to evaluate you as a student on top of the SAT.
4) You absolutely can do this...if you don't take the SAT at all.  I ended up taking the ACT and a few subject tests (graduated high school in the mid 2000s) because a guidance counselor was under the impression I would do better on the ACT than the SAT (I'm not sure that's true, but whatever, water under the bridge now).  Many of the schools I applied to recommended or required subject tests.  I think that if you take the SAT, though, when you send in your SAT scores, the SAT and SAT IIs are all reported on the same sheet.  So if you don't like your SAT score and you want to send in SATIIs, you are SOL.  Check with your guidance counselor, though.

As far as what the importance of AP is for college, mostly it is advantageous for college admissions to take a rigorous course load, and AP and IB courses demonstrate rigor.  If you take the courses before senior year and get 4s and 5s on the exams (less than 3 is pass, 3 is pass the way a C is a pass, and 4 or 5 will typically give you college credit) that demonstrates that not only did you take a rigorous course, but you mastered the material which looks good to colleges.  Also, depending on the school, sometimes you can place out of introductory classes with a 4 or 5 on the AP exam (i.e. skip calculus freshman year).  Some schools don't take AP classes.  It really just depends on where you want to go.[/quote]

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