<p>There’s no point in taking the SATs early (they actually have the PSATs in the US for middle school kids) since you’d naturally perform better when you’re older. Its akin to intellectual wunderkinds taking O levels at 13: possible, but a little pointless really. I’d say a smart secondary 4 kid should be able to score 2000+ on the SATs after some practice. </p>
<p>Not being from the IB programme myself I don’t think I’m in the best position to comment, but I haven’t felt any IB envy from my batch. The IB seems better than the A levels, but how much of it is borne of grass-is-greener I wouldn’t know.</p>