Should I take the SAT in June or August?

I’m currently a junior. I took the SAT in March and got a 1360, which is not to my liking. My aim is for at least a 1480 (real goal though is a 1500+). I don’t know if it’s a bad idea to take it in June, since I haven’t been studying the SAT I for a while. I would only a have a month to study and even then, the 1st half or third of this month is focused on the AP exams and the SAT subject tests. I wouldn’t want to get an only slightly better score. It would waste my last fee waiver for SAT I (i only get two for it).

However, I don’t know if taking it in August is too late. If I needed to retake the subject tests, then it would have to be in October, which would really be pushing it towards the edge. I also wouldn’t be able to use those subject test scores for something like Questbridge and would instead be forced to use the old ones. This wouldn’t be a problem though if I manage to do well on my subject tests.

Same here. But I’ll be doing August-October because subject tests don’t matter much for finalist selection I guess.