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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ACT or SAT testing schedules. Most students take the test 2X. If your plan is to be done testing in the spring of their junior year, then the first test should be in the fall of their junior year so they have time to prepare. The testing schedule is available thru college board website and note that tests are not given over the summer. Also, some highly selective schools additionally require subject tests.[/quote]

Thanks for this advice!  I'm the OP and I'm still trying to understand when people take SAT/ACT, how often, if/how/when to prepare, etc.

So are you suggesting to take both SAT & ACT twice?  Fall and Spring of junior year?  Good to know about no testing in the summer.  My DD is smart, but is NOT great with these sorts of tests because she takes FOREVER and overthinks things way too much.  She has taken the PSAT twice through school (she got 1100 in 10th) and usually doesn't finish - generally math.  I wonder if she would benefit from some sort of prep class and, if so, when she should take it.  I'm thinking summer (she'll be thrilled).  Thoughts?[/quote]

Then consider taking her for testing to see if she qualifies for extra time.  Do it ASAP because College Board pushes back harder if you do it later.  We didn't discover this was and issue for DC until the end of junior year (her school wasn't big on standardized testing with time pressure, so it didn't come up and we wrote the PSAT off as jet lag/fatigue/incipient flu), at which point it was too late to do anything about it.  So get the accommodation now if you can and, if eligible, she'll have it for PSAT, APs, and SAT/ACTs as well as coursework.[/quote]

NP here posting to say this. Take her for a neuropsych evaluation to determine if she has slow processing speed. My 9th grade son does and it is so explanatory of so many things -- especially why he gets his homework perfect and then gets Bs or Cs on tests because he doesn't have time to finish or makes stupid mistakes because he's rushing.

My son now has a 504 and we only wish we'd figured this out years ago. But with the 504 he now qualifies for extended time on tests, including College Board tests.[/quote]

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