<p>I vote for December of junior year! It’s not during finals, unlike the January SAT, and it’s right after a week of break (Thanksgiving), which gives you time to study. In January, even if you studied over Christmas break, all those skills will be a month old. And I don’t buy the idea that the two-month difference in what you learned in class will make that much of a difference; hopefully juniors have had math through algebra 2, so it comes down to the vocab and writing skills. And I think those can be improved better by personally studying for the SAT than by learning in class, anyway.</p>
<p>My two cents. 
Any input on the December curve compared to January? After all, if December is taken by a lot of irresponsible seniors who didn’t get the SAT done with earlier, shouldn’t the curve be pretty good too?</p>