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Ideally, said tests are part of the normal tests done in the last year of highschool, right?

Shit, having to travel and pay for another test before you can go to college is borderline dystopian...

No. They are done in specific locations, administered by the testing organization.

They do a lot to try to avoid cheating, limit memorizing answers, and so on. There is a conflict of interest with actually trusting the school whose reputation depends on how well their students do. Over the years, I've run into quite a few cheating scandals with other tests where teachers tried to improve scores. Because of that, I think that their precautions are very reasonable.

Many high schools do force every junior to take the SAT in school. Mine did. We all got to skip class for the day and took it in the gym.

Thats the PSAT and is not used for any college admissions that I'm aware of

This was the only time I took the SAT and I used it for my college admissions.

Actually, a number of states require students to the SAT. [1] This has an interesting effect on the average SAT scores, since the pool of students who choose to take the SAT tend to have somewhat higher testing ability than the students who would not have chosen to take it (but end up taking it due to state mandates).

1: https://blog.prepscholar.com/which-states-require-the-sat

I know the PSAT and SAT can be taken multiple times, and often starts with PSAT as a sophomore. Very common to take SAT as a junior, and then again as a senior if you weren’t happy with your junior score.

Have not heard of traveling outside your district for SAT’s, I’m not sure why that would happen.

Way back in the day, I remember having to travel to take the SAT. In fact, I got a speeding ticket on the way to the test! Naturally, that didn't help my score.

No? We took it in the school.

Hell I took the SAT in the 6th Grade and I also took in the school

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