<p>At d’s prep school, only a tiny minority of apps can use December test score - there has been a huge shift to earlier applications.</p>
<p>In engineering, more and more schools are stressing early applications, formally (ed,ea, or Olin’s December 1 for everyone ) or informally, like Umichigan.</p>
<p>D’s prep school encourages students take the all subject tests as soon as they finish the course that will prepare them for the subject matter. Tests taken in September or October are 4 or 5 months cold - ancient history. Result: students are pushing their qualifying classes into Junior year and taking subject tests in May and June, when the information is fresh.</p>