How many should you take in one sitting: 1? 2? or 3?

Stresst · 05-04-2008, 10:42 AM

Is 3 hard to do all the same day? Is 1 too little to do in one day? Is 2 normal?

SGP · 05-04-2008, 11:03 AM

The best thing to do is to take them after you've had a good course in the subject (or several good courses in the subject!).

If it works out to take one a year, that's what I'd do. By junior year, you'd have 3 and that's the most you'll need.

I'd go the conservative route and study for the tests one at a time. If you need to take two in a year, I'd schedule one for May and one for June.

jcll2002 · 05-04-2008, 11:15 AM

^2nd that. I took all three in one day. It wasn't THAT bad but i know i could have done better if i took them separately.

skze · 05-04-2008, 01:53 PM

I'm thinking of taking the phys, math II, and the Lit test all in one sitting. I didn't think it would be that bad. How much time do you have between each test? I dont think there is a better option for me. If I wanted to take one senior year and one this year, the one in my senior year would come in the beginning of the year when I have forgotten much of the information for each test.

Lilthne · 05-04-2008, 01:53 PM

So far, I've only taken one per sitting. I suppose if you know your material and don't get stressed out easily, you could take 2. But to me, 3 in one sitting = death.

jcll2002 · 05-04-2008, 01:54 PM

5 mins between test 1 and 2 then 1 minute between 2 and 3

hikids · 05-04-2008, 02:03 PM

It depends on you. D took 3 in one sitting. Got 800, 780, 680. Not in order they were taken. 680 was in a language (non native speaker so tougher curve).

lolcats4 · 05-04-2008, 02:14 PM

Honestly, there are plenty of opportunities to take the tests, so you shouldn't need to do 3, which would be tough.

I did Chemistry and Physics yesterday, and I know I would have done better on Physics if I had done it separately.

Anon_Person_1 · 05-04-2008, 03:23 PM

I've done 1, 2, and 2. Personally, I think 1 hard and 1 easy is a good combo-you can warm up on the easy and then do the hard test

alexphoto01 · 05-04-2008, 08:06 PM

2-3 3 only if one is a language that you know well as in native speaker... i did ush spanish then math... mistake... i finsihed spanish in 30 minutes.. and fell asleep and i felt okay then 1/2 through math i was feeeling tired and bored and not able to do anythin.. so I should have done ush(most important first) math, spanish.. cuz spanish is a breeze

nvilla · 05-04-2008, 09:46 PM

i just took 3 yesterday..wasn't too bad, didn't feel as fatigued toward the end as I did when taking the sat I.

i made sure to take them in order of hardest to easiest though, definitely make sure you do that

skze · 05-04-2008, 10:35 PM

I'm getting mixed replies on whether to take 3 on the same day or not. I might just take 2 this year and take the other one next year. Not sure.

UnleashedFury · 05-05-2008, 12:12 AM

If you're taking three really hard tests, that you need to be constantly focused on, split them up to 2 and 1.

I took 3 yesterday, and if I took something harder than USH (I'm in APUSH so that test was pretty easy) I would have completely bombed it.

Only take 3 if you're really proficient at one of them. Otherwise, taking 2 isn't so bad.

degoutant · 05-05-2008, 11:50 AM

i'm a junior now and havent taken any. should i still take 3 in june? most schools that i've been looking at only need 2, but i might as well take 3 just in case. i dont want to be super stressed during the fall of my senior year, so i'm leaning towards 3 this june (lit, ush, math 1 or 2)

southeasttitan · 05-05-2008, 11:59 AM

I took two on Saturday, and did the opposite of anon_person. I took the harder test first, Lit, because I wanted to use most of my energy on that (I figured I'd be tired by test two). The second test I took, Spanish, was (as expected) a breeze. I would definitely recommend taking the "harder" (a subjective definition) first and the easier second, but that's just my personal opinion.