Taking 2+ SAT IIs on one day...good idea?

<p>For those of you who've done it, how was your concentration for the second test? Did you do as well as the first one?</p>

<p>I actually did much better on the second one than the first. A lot of that is due to the fact that I’m much better at chemistry than literature, so a score increase was pretty much guaranteed. My last one was a bit of a struggle, but I still got a pretty darn good score. Here are the tests I took in one sitting in the order I took them and the scores I got:</p>

<p>Literature - 650
Chemistry - 790
Math II - 720</p>

<p>I did uniformly well on mine, though I’d recommend you to start off with an easier subject test to “warm up” and then save the harder ones for later. FYI, “easy” and “hard” in these cases totally depends on your own opinion of the subject matter, since some people find math/science a breeze but struggle with literature, while it’s the exact opposite for others.</p>

<p>I think the majority of test-takers take 2 or more. I’ve personally never done 3 though, that seems as if it might be a bit exhausting. It’s a bit hard to study for three tests at the same time as well, which is why I’d stay away from that option. </p>

<p>It’s really not too bad. One plan is to “warm up” with an easier subject; this one will usually be your best subject and the one you might score the highest on, so you might want to focus your initial energy towards that test. </p>

<p>It’s hard to pinpoint whether or not your mental exhaustion by the second test affects your score that much. On my first Subject test date, I did poorly on the second one, but only because I knew I wasn’t prepared for it. If you’re adequately prepared for all of your tests (as in, you’ve taken practice tests before hand and are scoring in your preferred range), then the order of the tests shouldn’t matter THAT much, and either way your scores aren’t going to deviate greatly from your score range.</p>

<p>There’s nothing wrong with taking multiple tests per day; I’ve taken three tests each during both administrations that I’ve tested during. The tests are only an hour long each, so they’re not too bad. In contrast to the above posts, I prefer doing my tests in order of hardest to easiest so I can concentrate more on the harder tests and coast through the easier ones.</p>

<p>3 tests in a day is fine, so 2 shouldn’t be a problem.</p>