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Pizzagirl--I hear you about anxiety over the process--I think I had general free-floating anxiety starting about now and all thru Junior and Senior year for my DS. If you can get testing done in Jr. year, that's good because come Sr. year, they will be focusing on applications and essays. That being said, mine did take his again early Sr. year because he wanted to improve the math portion (it worked). As Junior year starts, if they are in a remotely competitive HS, all they will hear about is college, so you might be able to back off a bit in terms of talking about it alot. I agree that the decision for ED should be taken seriously, as these guys do change their minds in Sr. year. Are there early action or rolling decision schools they could consider? We visited very few schools--my DS said he wanted to apply first, visit later if he got in. Very contrary to today's MO of visiting a bunch but it worked out for us. Also remember that your relationship with your kids must survive this process, so try to keep things as pleasant as possible. Visit here, CC, to vent and to see that you're not the only one.
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