<p>Hi, I was wondering if I should take the SAT as a sophomore.</p>
<p>I took the PSAT last October, and felt like I did pretty well on it. Also, this year I have more time to study since I only have one AP exam this spring (I have 6 AP exams and SAT Subject Tests junior year). Also, since I am taking the PSAT next October, and trying out for the NMSQT will help me practice for that? </p>
<p>What are some advantages/drawbacks? Any other advice? </p>
<p>Thanks!! :)</p>
<p>-staratzenith</p>
<p>If you haven’t been thru pre-calc yet, then you don’t have all the math to do as well as you could later. You could very well end up taking it tons of times, and you could get really burned out. I don’t think actually TAKING the SAT is any more helpful than studying and taking practice tests. If you do that during spring and summer this year, then sit for the SAT first time fall of Junior year, that should work out. There are still several dates left then for you to retake (even with setting aside a couple of subject test dates).</p>
<p>Ok thank you! I am in an advanced Algebra 2/Trig class right now, and saw online that there is no pre-calc on the SAT?</p>
<p>SAT has no pre-calculus or trig (unless you take subject tests), so you should be ready for all of the SAT math problems.</p>
<p>Take the sat in the fall - any month of sept - dec. Study for sat during the summer, then you’ll also be auto studying for the PSAT in oct. then focus on ur midterms either dec or jan, and finals in June, and sat2 tests in may or June, and ap tests in may.
D got to be fairly relaxed when others were super stressed in may and june.
D did PSAT oct, sat nov, act dec.</p>
<p>Ok thank you for your quick responses, very very helpful!</p>
<p>There is no particular merit for you to take the SAT in sophomore year unless you’re confident that you’ll ace it. Keep in mind that several top colleges require that you send in all test scores., and these would include the score that you’ll receive if you were to take the test in sophomore year, good or mediocre. Consider getting the College Board SAT book. Time and score a practice test or two and you’ll have an accurate sense of how you’ll do on the real test. Avoid taking real SAT tests as practice tests.</p>
<p>For clarity, study for SAT during summer between soph and jr years. Then take SAT in fall of Jr year. This plan works best if your are scoring fairly high and don’t need additional “schoolwork” to increase your scores. Another option that some people do is to study over Xmas break and take SAT in Jan, but this may interfere with midterms. A third option is to take SAT in Mar, when school work is on the lighter side.<br>
But D did PSAT in Oct, SAT in Nov, and ACT in Dec and was very happy with how that worked out.</p>