The ACT and SAT are most commonly taken in the spring of students’ junior year and the fall of senior year, however some students start taking either test, or both, much earlier, to ensure they get the scores they want by the time they apply to colleges. I suggest you take it as early as you can, just so you can know how it works and what/how to study– your top score is what matters so it can’t hurt to take it early, if you can! Good luck!

You take the PSAT (practise SAT) at the beginning of your junior year. If you do well, it qualifies you for a National Merit Scholarship.

The PSAT is taken during 10th grade and again in 11th grade (although the test isn’t mandatory for getting into college, it’s worth taking because knowing how well you are doing (and what your stengths and weaknesses are) on the test in 10th and 11th grade will help you plan your studies for the real SAT better). Also, in 11th grade, you can qualify for the National Merit competition if you do well enough. It’s only offered once a year, in October.

Don’t forget that you may need plan your test times well so that you can work take SAT Subject tests (which are one hour subject tests in areas like English, history, foreign languages, math, and science). You can take up to three in one test setting, and some colleges will require or recommend that you take 2-3 tests. For science, history, and (maybe) math, you’ll want to take the test as soon as possible after you finish a course, or very close to finishing a course with a corresponding test. For English and foreign languages and (maybe) math, you’ll want as much experience as possible before you go off and take the test. I say “maybe” with math because my experience is that the more years of math you have, regardless of the fact that you math course might cover material that is more advanced than what is on the test, the better you’ll do. However, the official guides tell you to take Math 1 after you finish Algebra 2 or Math 2 after you finish 4th year math.

You usually take the SATs or ACTs (usually a student does not take both… the SATs look better for college) sometime in Junior year usually towards the end and in the beginning of Senior year if you choose to take them again.

You can take the PSAT in your sophomore or junior year before you take the SAT or ACT, but MOST people take it in the beginning of junior year to prepare for taking the other tests.

took SAT during Junior and Senior

ACT isnt necessary but you can take it whenever…preferably junior or senior yr. It substitutes the SAT for some school requirements, but not a lot of them .

sat and act in 11th/12th

the SAT and the ACT are both as credible as eachother and you don’t have to take both. It depends on where you’d like to go to school. ACT is prominent in the midwest. (and anyone from the midwest will tell you that the act>sat) The SAT, thoyugh, is more common in coastal areas. (People from there perfer the SATs)

I would take the PSAT in 10th grade for practice and again in 11th grade for practice.

I would then begin taking the SAT in January of my junior year. I would begin taking the ACT in February of my junior year. I would then proceed to take the test again and again until my scores were where I wanted them to be.

i dont know about the other

the psats i toke at the beginning of my junior year, sats are more towards the end