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Hi pizzagirl,
I never thought I would have recommended this, but it turned out to be a great thing for my s, so here goes:
He prepped for the Oct PSAT (b/c based on earlier practice tests he was hopefully close to making NM.) It was recommended that he go ahead and take the Nov. SAT since he'd have been primed, having prepped for the PSAT. I initially thought it would have been better to wait 'til spring of jr yr rather than taking it in the fall at the beginning of jr yr, only for the extra exposure to the English/vocab/writing stuff (the math on the SAT was already covered in classwork-- the jr yr math he took was not on the SAT). Anyway, it turned out to be a great plan. He did well enough on the fall SAT that even though he signed up for the retake in spring, he decided not to bother, and used that time to review for his APs and SAT II and enjoy junior spring prom for which, if you recall, we hosted that after prom all-night party.. but I digress..)
Anyway, now with the option to send only selected parts of the SAT (like the ACT) there seems to be even more reason to consider taking the SAT in the fall of jr year after the PSAT. I highly recommend it, especially if the twins are considering prepping for the PSAT. And as you recall, all this worked out very well for him.
*** by the way.. I am a "j" on MBTI also, tho close to a "p"
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