<p>SlitheyTove, that is a real pickle and they've got you over a barrel.</p>
<p>After you do all your research, if you think there's still any reason to have her take the exam in the original month she'd anticipated, you might consider presenting it to her as her choice. If she had a large wish to get it over and done, she might view coming home early Saturday night and taking it on Sunday morning as her better option. Or, if she chooses to go with the family flow all weekend, she'll have bought into it more as her choice when she ends up taking it many months later.</p>
<p>A lot depends on her view of the Saturday night party. If, for example, someone other than you is responsible to bring her home from the party at a reasonable hour for sleep, and also drive her to the test on Sunday morning, that might be something to delegate to a relative. </p>
<p>That said ^^, personally, I wouldn't do it that way, knowing how these lifecycle weekends have their own magic and need everyone in the family pulling together, if at all possible. And she might not be able to sleep well. I agree she'll lose a lot of the joy of the weekend if she has the test on her mind.</p>
<p>I trust everyone else's Math-y wisdom here about the speicifics of these particular tests. There could be advantages taking it months later. </p>
<p>I do think you and H were AMAZING to think of as much as you did 3 years ago when setting the ceremony date for her younger sister!</p>
<p>PS: Secret for doing the chair-lift thing wihtout inducing nausea: have them hold the chair and move her sideways, always parallel to the floor, rather than up and down like a roller-coaster. Unless she loves roller-coasters.</p>
<p>I don't know what your daughter is planning on studying in college, but most schools require only two SAT IIs, with a handful asking for three. If she's planning on taking English, History and Chemistry, why does she need to take the math one?</p>
<p>Your daughter needs to attend her sisters Bat Mitzvah and events related to this very important family event. Sign her up to take the SAT II a different tiime. I can't imagine why you would even consider her taking the SAT II on this very special day.</p>
<p>I'm assuming that your daughter will be enrolled in Calculus next year? If that is the case, it certainly won't hurt to delay the testing. Much of the first quarter of Calculus is simply a review of Pre-Calculus, so the information will be refreshed for her.</p>
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<p>OP wasn't. Her alternatives are:
1. Take the test in May. Advantage - material is fresh. Disadvantage - might take out of AP study time.
2. Take test next October. Advantage - no other tests being taken at the same time. Disadvantage - may have to do more review (depending on how much review of trig happens in Calc course)
3. Take test May or June a year from now along with other SAT2s. Advantage: gets all the SAT2s over with in one sitting. Disadvantage - may have more review needed for trig and may fine three SAT2s exhausting.</p>
<p>I favor doing 1. (I don't think it will take that much time away from studying for APs.) (Don't study, though do look over a practice test.) If you are pleasantly surprised by the score you are done. If not you can take the test again later.</p>
<p>Based on our 3-kids' experience , you don't really need to prep for Math II if you know the math involved (which is all pre-calc). Let her go over one sample test to see that she knows the material, and take May test. The only other test that requires no prep is Literature.</p>
<p>This discussion reminds me of a conflict on my wedding date years ago. My sister the maid of honor had to back out because I picked the LSATs test day for my wedding!</p>
<p>My kids did not find that AP prep or even the test taking was that big a deal. Some of their friends prepped a lot and felt ready; mine prepped not at all and also felt ready.</p>
<p>I would not go nuts trying to avoid cramping the AP's. Worst case scenario your kid doesn't place out of a course.... the consequences for walking into an AP exam unprepared (as long as the kid has gone to class and done the assignements) seem very small to me.</p>
<p>mamabear, I'm telling you, the College Board must be anti-family! ;) I now remember missing a family trip when I was in high school due to either the SAT or the PSAT.</p>
<p>I think the OP's daughter should take the math in May. It's short, it's fairly easy--and she can retake it later, knowing what mistakes she made, if she needs to, because NO college will care about her sophomore results if they're so-so, but excellent results can stand.</p>
<p>Update: finally brought this up with D1, and mentioned the option of taking it without studying in May, and the advantages thereof. The option was, shall we say, not received enthusiastically. There was much anguished performance art about the stress of prepping for the AP tests, how this would just be too much, etc etc etc. I will let it stew around in her head for a bit and then try bringing it up once more. If she rejects it as voiciferously the second time, I'll know her objections are for real.</p>
<p>Since D is in 10th grade, I wouldn't even worry about SAT Subject tests until next year. Kids can get pretty worked up as sophomores. They can handle the stress better in the 11th grade. </p>
<p>Just make sure that no one decides to have a party, go through a religious ceremony, gets married, etc. on next year's SAT testing dates. Send out a "save the date" announcement!</p>