We have an entire thread about how the process is damaging to our kids. This here is part of the process. This here is how it looks when the kid is a sophomore, and is devastated because they aren’t at the top of the top, because it may hurt their “dream of being accepted to a T-10”.
The OP’s kid has been obsessively preparing for the SATs since Freshman year, and has been obsessed with being accepted to a T-10 college. In another thread, the OP described the kid “His college goals are schools like Harvard, Stanfurd, Penn, and Cal”. Not life goals, not interests or possible majors, but “college goals”. Basically, this kid’s high entire school career seems to be set up to get into a T10.
So no, this is not a typical dramatic teenager having a typical bit of teen drama. This is a kid who is unhealthily obsessed with “being accepted to a T10” hitting his first roadblock and having his first meltdown.
I mean:
That is an indication of being obsessed. I hope, at least, that the kid was engaged in something more constructive, because getting 1540 on the SAT as a Sophomore is a great achievement, but it is such a small part of high school, that I hope that the OP’s kid at least took a summer course, camp, or job.
It is getting worse since, in May:
Now:
The kid moved from 1550 being a stretch goal to it being his minimum in a space of four months. You cannot say that this is healthy.