Do most students aiming for selective colleges take the SAT and/or ACT in junior or senior year?

[Zinhead]

The kid did not retry the SAT or ACT (whichever was initially better) in fall of senior year after realizing in the summer that s/he was just below the threshold? That is the idea of taking the tests earlier than senior year – to see where one stands and have a chance to retry if one is slightly short of the goal.

The kid took both in the junior year, and again in the fall of the senior year. I remember the mother being very bitter on getting the last ACT score and the comment that just one point would have gotten her child in the specific program he wanted.