An SAT/ACT Dilemma

namish
Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:36:22 +0000

I am applying ED to Princeton, so I will have less dates to take some standardized tests. The problem is that I haven’t taken my SAT IIs yet. There are two testing dates that I could use for either SAT I or SAT II before I have to submit it to Pton. I have a pretty bad SAT score right now, a superscore of about 2110, and one individual of 2080. I have really studied for this next one, which is in October. I am even memorizing over a thousand vocabulary words. My thoughts, however, are that I should take the SAT IIs on October, and make sure those are good. If they are, then I’ll take the SAT I in November; if they are bad, I could just use my ACT scores in lieu of the SAT I and take the SAT IIs again in November. I would be really disappointed if my SAT IIs aren’t good, since I will have wasted all of this time studying for the SAT I, which I wouldn’t be able to take again.

Is this a good plan? I’m taking the SAT IIs in Physics, Math IIC, and Literature.