<p>I read somewhere that only 60 schools require SAT-II (I suspect this counts UC as one).</p>
<p>Tom:</p>
<p>1) pickup ACT's practice book, so your D could take a practice test and see how she does. Note, however, that the ACT is more of a speed test, so pace is extremely important.</p>
<p>2) When you register for ACT, you don't have to list a high school or any colleges to receive reports....that way only you and your D will know the score of this practice run. If she score highly, you can always send out scores later. </p>
<p>c-mudge: </p>
<p>1) IMO, Math 2 is best taken after precalc, so kids don't forget the basics while slogging thru Calc. </p>
<p>2) what about SATII Lit or a History (world, US?)?</p>
<p>Pomona also accepts the ACT+W in lieu of SATII's</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. While I try not to go overboard and take over the process from my D the situations discussed here would never have crossed her mind. I could see her stressing over having to cram in multple tests her jr year and if unhappy with some scores really feeling pressure.</p>
<p>Tom:
If your D is taking APs in her junior year, taking the SAT-II in the same subject is ideal. The SATII is only one hour long and tends to cover pretty much the same material (except for Physics, as I noted). My S took the SAT in March, one AP and one college level class in May and two SAT-IIs in June of last year. He'd taken one AP the previous year and the SAT-II in that subject in June. Thus, by the end of last year, he was done with testing. He did not prep for any of his SAT-II tests. But if necessary, he would have been able to retake one or two tests in the fall.</p>
<p>Marite- limited AP's for jr year. The school is so big- 800 freshman that earliest AP is jr year and seniors get priority. With block schedule we were going to have her double up in math but she wanted other electives. She will have math thru calc but may miss some AP's. This is a topic for another day we did not feel right to force her she is taking all honors but wants some electives in non academic areas</p>
<p>Tom, you are very right to be asking these questions. I too am concerned about taking the process away from my very independent-minded daughter, but I realized this spring that she knew far less about the testing process than I thought. I simply asked her which tests she wanted to take - rather than discussing test strategy - which for us has led to undue stress over the SAT.</p>
<p>We are in a particularly difficult situation because my daughter took high school courses out of sequence to accommodate a semester abroad during junior year; this means that she has not had the course work to support most subjects that are covered in the SAT II - as she will be making up missed 11th grade classes during her senior year. So it's almost a certainty that, other than the SAT II English lit exam, she will have to self-study to take exams in the fall and is not likely to do particularly well. Of course we'd skip the whole thing if he UC system did not require the tests -- so for us, one additional advantage of the ACT is that the private schools don't have to know about the mediocre scores we expect daughter to get on the SAT IIs. (Fortunately, with her GPA, she doesn't need to score particularly well for the UC system - they use a formula that combines GPA & SAT, so the higher the GPA, the lower the score needed to qualify for admissions)</p>