<p>For all the SAT experienced verterans out there:</p>
<p>When would be the best time this year for me to take the SAT I?
I was think either january or March; prefering January because of winter break. Give me advice and a reason?</p>
<p>forgot to mention, I am a Junior and just took the SAT. PSAT(haha) with every other junior in the world this past weekend.</p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>im a junior too and im not a veteran, but you i think you should take it january - that gives you chances for retakes in march, may, june, w/e... however, more importantly, spring should be the time to study for APs (if you take any) and along with APs, SAT IIs, because unlike SAT Is where your success is not directly affected by the curriculum, SAT IIs are specifically based on your classes.</p>
<p>January, for the reasons already mentioned.</p>
<p>Take it once in the spring. January, March, makes no difference.</p>
<p>Take SAT II in May or June for the subjects you are taking this year.</p>
<p>Take it (SAT I)once in the fall. October is a good time. Twice is fine for all admissions people and most students (except, of course for people on CC).</p>
<p>Most of what you "hear" about best time to take, number of times to take, etc., etc., is not worth listening to.</p>
<p>I recommend people to take it in either October or June. See the connections?</p>
<p>This is just an observance and may not have any validity. When you take the SAT in Jan. or March, you are competing with all of the juniors in the nation, including the most brilliant. By October of senior year, most of the brilliant kids already have high scores and are taking SAT IIs and the juniors haven't started taking the test yet. It seems that a lot of kids do well in Oct. As I said, just an observance.</p>
<p>It may be an observation, but it doesn't matter who you take the test with. The curves for the tests are determined before they're administered, and the curve is designed to ensure that the test given at one sitting is comparable to the tests given at another sitting, and the scores can be compared to each other. Taking the test with the "most brilliant" students? Irrelevant.</p>
<p>As I stated...it may not have any validity...:)</p>