Who's taken their SAT as a Junior?

CBgaragebassist · #1 10-11-2010, 04:25 PM

What were the benefits(if any) for you if you did?
And anything else you'd like to add about this subject would be appreciated.

Selta · #2 10-11-2010, 04:30 PM

I did with the intent of doing it again as a Sr. Kind of a practice run. Turned out I did much better than I anticipated and just used that test for my college app. Checked it off of the to-do list and kept on going.

metallicafan18 · #3 10-11-2010, 04:33 PM

I'll be taking it as a Junior this year. If I don't do good now, I can always take it multiple times senior year. So it's just practice, but I am studying for it so hopefully I won't have to take it again.

sloasdaylight · #4 10-11-2010, 04:51 PM

I took it my junior year, got a 1280, took it again my senior year got a 1330. It's useful to get in there and just kind of acclimate yourself to the situation, but not a necessity. (FWIW I never took any kind of prep course for it since I think they're wastes of money and a scam on top of that).

PaulNYC · #5 10-11-2010, 04:54 PM

Just because you are practicing doesn;t mean you shouldn't prep. The test is too expensive. Get a book like Cracking the SAT by the Princeton Review, and study it.

Grizzly700 · #6 10-11-2010, 05:25 PM

Who takes the SAT anymore?

basstotheface · #7 10-11-2010, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by sloasdaylight

I took it my junior year, got a 1280, took it again my senior year got a 1330. It's useful to get in there and just kind of acclimate yourself to the situation, but not a necessity. (FWIW I never took any kind of prep course for it since I think they're wastes of money and a scam on top of that).

That's without writing right?

John Bigboote · #8 10-11-2010, 06:31 PM

I'm guessing that 1280/1330 was before the writing component was added.

My kid took it twice as a junior, and will take it again next weekend. As for the suggestion "prep courses are a waste of time," she did no prep the first time, and had perfectly mediocre scores. Practiced for the second time with the College Board book and her scores went up by 230 points. She still needs to bring her CR and math scores up a bit more to go from "soft" to "comfortable," so this summer she took a general prep course and a "maximum math" course through our local Saturday Academy. Two (bright) neighborhood kids took those courses and both ended up north of 2300 (and at Columbia). I'm... hopeful she'll see similar improvement.

-jb

sloasdaylight · #9 10-11-2010, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by basstotheface

That's without writing right?

Yea that was without writing, when the top score was 1600. If there had been a writing component when I took it I would have had a much better score, cause writing was my forte in high school, and still for the most part is.

basstotheface · #10 10-11-2010, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by sloasdaylight

Yea that was without writing, when the top score was 1600. If there had been a writing component when I took it I would have had a much better score, cause writing was my forte in high school, and still for the most part is.

When was the writing one added? I took it last year and got something like 1800.

EDIT: Mom says 1730.

Noseferatu · #11 10-11-2010, 06:54 PM

The SAT is not bad, IMO. I thought it was easy. I took it for the first time in my Junior year, which was last April, and scored an 1100 with just the reading and math and with all three parts, I got a 1720. Most colleges only look at the reading and math anyway, because most people blow off the writing portion.

I took again for the 2nd time this past Saturday and it was much easier this time, IMO.

sloasdaylight · #12 10-11-2010, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by basstotheface

When was the writing one added? I took it last year and got something like 1800.

EDIT: Mom says 1730.

Recently. I'm 5 years out of high school, so I dunno.

MiniMoose234 · #13 10-11-2010, 07:42 PM

I took it as a junior. This past saturday. And i didnt find it that hard. Difficult but not as bad as people warned me it would be this early in my junior year.

jp58 · #14 10-11-2010, 08:39 PM

I took both the SAT and ACT twice.

27 and 31 ACT with ~32 superscore

1300 and 1340 SAT.

I did it because it allowed me to take it again and improve my score. They both felt easier on the subsequent efforts even though the SAT really didn't improve a lot.

superfunk47 · #15 10-11-2010, 08:51 PM

The writing bit is really recent. Last three years or so, if my memory serves me. I took it as a junior, no prep course, no studying really (actually forgot about it until the morning I was supposed to be there - was very nearly late), and got an even 2000. I'm not that smart, just a good test taker. Worth factoring in if you or your kid is going to take it, IMO. Not that you should be as unprepared as me, but...you know what I mean.

**jmattbassplaya** · #16 10-12-2010, 06:31 AM

I took the act my junior year. IMHO it was well worth getting it out of the way then instead of waiting. Plus it allowed me to apply to colleges a year ahead of time.

**jmattbassplaya** · #17 10-12-2010, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by superfunk47

The writing bit is really recent. Last three years or so, if my memory serves me. I took it as a junior, no prep course, no studying really (actually forgot about it until the morning I was supposed to be there - was very nearly late), and got an even 2000. I'm not that smart, just a good test taker. Worth factoring in if you or your kid is going to take it, IMO. Not that you should be as unprepared as me, but...you know what I mean.

Haha, same here. I actually was out partying the night before mine. I totally forgot about it until my mom woke me up at 7 the next morning and was saying that I had to be at the school by 8 to take it. Still managed a 29 that time, and a 31 the second time I took it.

**Eric Perry** · #18 10-12-2010, 10:02 AM

I took it my junior year with the assumption of taking it again my senior year. I was pleasantly surprised by my score after that first try, so never bothered taking it again. I don't remember what I got, but this was back when 1,600 was the max. I scored in the low-mid 1,200's, if my aging memory serves me correctly.