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[quote=Anonymous][quote]PP, can you tell me a little bit about the logistics of your daughter taking the SAT as a 7th grader (my kid is also going to re-qualify). Did she just sit through the essay portion, or go ahead and try to answer something? Was there any issues at the test site with the proctors wondering what such a young person was doing there taking the SAT?[/quote]

8:55 here. The logistics were mildly challenging, mainly because she was not yet 13, so couldn't do the on-line SAT enrollment. We had to do it all on paper. We had not realized this and actually missed the deadline for the November test because of this and she had to do it in December instead. Oops. And we had to wait for paper scores because she didn't have an on-line account.

She took the test at Robinson SS. On test day we showed up and were mildly concerned because we couldn't find her name on the posted pages of lists. Turns out they had kids below 9th grade on a different list. But other than that it was no problem. I had to drop her off and then come back later, they wouldn't let me wait.

Oh, she said they did give her a mild hard time because her ticket for entry did not have her photo ID on it. One proctor was not familiar with that, but they called in a supervisor and it was fine.

She did do the essay. I think that may have been first? But the essay does not count for CTY qualification, just the math and verbal scores. She actually enjoyed the test and thought it was fun. Overall, I think was a good experience for her. She didn't do any prep other than the on-line practice test on the SAT website. I wanted her somewhat familiar with the format. And I also told her about the guessing penalty.

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