<p>If he does want to apply to some higher level schools (assuming he does some studying and brings up his scores, or does better on the ACT), he may need to provide a couple of SAT Subject test scores as well. The subject tests are offered on the same date as the regular SAT (so you can’t do both on the same day). It can be kind of challenging on the calendar to get all the testing done, so it is good to review the dates and lay out a calendar. My D ended up doing the following:</p>
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<li>Took SAT twice in winter/spring of junior year (a few months apart so she could actually study)</li>
<li>Took ACT once in spring of Junior year. Just to see how it went… it went well, but not as good as her best SAT, so she ended up not sending it to colleges.</li>
<li>She took two subject tests on another SAT date spring of Junior year. Was not happy with one of the scores, so took it again the first date the SAT was offered in the fall.</li>
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<p>Whew. That was 5 test dates in 10 months. Working around state competition in a couple of her activities, etc. made it particularly interesting. But this positioned her very well to be able to finalize her list of colleges to apply to early, because she had her final test scores pretty much in hand by mid-summer. Some of her friends had to wait because they didn’t finish up their testing until fall of senior year, and couldn’t really judge where they might get in without the scores. So it is better to make sure almost all testing is done in junior year.</p>
<p>Also, as a side note, not all subject test are offered every SAT date. A few are only offered a couple of times a year. So that needs to be considered as well. Also, seats fill up early at a lot of testing sites. So register at least a couple months in advance for each test date.</p>