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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a strong advocate of taking test after junior year.  No matter what curriculum the kids have in junior year, it will help tremendously on the verbal part if there are some advanced humanities courses (comprehension, analytical).  Math part is inherently easy and can be prepped.  Often times 1550+ can be easily obtained one and done.[/quote]
I agree with your point about taking after junior year to increase the verbal portion. One of my kids did this, took Oct senior year and increased by something like 80 points over their junior year verbal with no additional prep (yet dropped 90 pts in math or something lol, but was happy to have the superscore).

Where I would disagree is that some will be ready for a one-and-done 1550+ in August of junior year, and for those kids, it's nice to have that out of the way so early. This was the case for two of my older kids and my high school junior is prepped and ready to take August, with 790 verbal on the latest practice test - we'll see how it turns out. If it doesn't work out, she'll take it again sometime later.[/quote]

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