<p>Getting merit aid is understandable and important.
Going off on a little tangent from standardized testing, I was a little vague on “things that are more important,” but to clarify slightly is that the leaders of an extracurricular activity at my former high school often give what I view as excess time to their academics while neglecting their leadership roles–partly selfish on my part. I’ve grown to let people study (although they probably would do well anyways) for their SATs interfering with or not opening up time for those “important things” just with some slight annoyance in my head.</p>
<p>@DiscipulusBonus
@foolish
OP was curious if he/she revises more/less than CC members. So, of course, we should list out every test we took. That way people know just how smart we are 
I like it too, though. Foolish did ask people to post results, but I’m assuming he meant progress made rather than just test scores. I’m not sure how it’s irrelevant to not post results, as that wasn’t what OP was inquiring about anyways. Isn’t it somewhat irrelevant (in terms of pertaining to the OP’s question) TO post results? Anyways … </p>
<p>Apart from the class, t have revised/plan on revising the weeks before the AP exams. I spent probably 10? hours going through a review book to go over what I’ve studied. My exception would be French. For French next year, I’ll be spending time throughout the year studying outside of class. For SAT, I’ll be spending this month systematically studying. All together, I plan on spending ~100 hours studying for the SAT.</p>
<p>PSAT 1 and 2: none
SAT I 1: 6 or so hour-long tutoring sessions
SAT I 2: nothing
SAT II: reading about topics the night before
AP: doing some practice questions in the month before</p>
<p>PSAT: None
SAT I: I did maybe 2-3 practice exams, so around 12 hours total
ACT: around 5 practices total, so around 20 hours.
SAT II: One practice exam each, 2 hours
AP: total of about 3 practice exams per subject, so about 10 hours per subject.</p>