SAT Plan . which of the options?

asdfsystema
Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:41:03 +0000

posted this in an earlier thread, wasn’t much of a success.

thought i’ll try here.

Situation! …
SAT- 1860
no SAT2s yet. been studying for them.

I’m trying to create the best possible SAT/SAT2 plan and I’ve come to three options.

Option 1:
Take the SAT2 sometime in October, which means I’ll be studying all of September. [I’ve already started reviewing IIC & Physics]

Then take the month of October to study for the ACT [oct 28] + SAT [early nov] although I can take the ACT in Dec - which one should i go for? Since ACT can be taken in Oct or Dec. If I do this, then I’ll knock out SAT and ACT at the same time.

Then I get my score report [SAT2 in oct] and if I’m not satisfied, I get to retake them in December…
conclusion: i’ll have 1 month to study for SAT2s for the OCT test, and another month right after SAT/ACT in late OCT/ early Nov.

Option 2:
Take the SAT in early OCT, which means Sept will be devoted to studying for the SATs.
Right after the SAT test, I would be studying that entire month for SAT2’s. But this only gives me ONE month to study.

Then if I’m satisfied with my score [SAT2s] then I’ll take ACT in dec. but ACT takes up to a month to get the score report [which isn’t enough time for college apps, or so i believe]. If i’m not satisfied, dec will be for SAT2s again?

I’ll barely have enough time to study for the SAT2s. I think?

option #3:
SAT in October, time in sept devoted for oct testing.
then i’ll take the ACT in late OCT, and SAT2 in early nov, but this gives me barely any time to study for the SAT2s, unless the ACT is a relatively easy test like the SATs which is similar in content then i won’t bother studying for it. If I devote my time instead for the SAT2s in OCT, then my ACT score will get ****ted on. I’ll have another month to study for SAT2s for DEC.

Questions:
How long does the score report for ACT take?
Which option is the best? personally after thinking it out a lot, i would choose between #1 and #3.

Do I really have enough time to study for the IIC and Physics?

Sorry for the extremely long read. Any advice is definitely appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

ken.