Actually, your friend is probably wrong. CB doesnt release any info on the difficulty or scoring of exams, but the hardest admin (toughest to do well on) is either December or January.

A ton of students who are ill prepared for the SAT, but need to take it for college admission, take the test for the first time in the Fall of their Senior year. Although some students do prepare for the exam over summer it doesnt compare to the dramatic numbers who do not prepare at all for the SAT. Hence, I would disagree with your friend’s comments.

The only time you have uber-prepped students is in December (Seniors last chance) or in January (Juniors who killed the PSAT and think they will kill the SAT as well).

But since they’re all supposed to be “standardized,” I don’t really think they can intentionally make them harder at a specific test date.

Good luck!