<p>If I took 3 subject tests today but already know I'm going to retake them all in October, should I cancel my scores?</p>
<p>If you are forsure you didn’t do well i would cancel it</p>
<p>I think I did kind of well on math, ok on french, and bad on history. But I could do better on all three…</p>
<p>well if u cancel on 1 the rest of ur test scores will be canceled… soo… i mean would u want to see like 600’s on ur collegeboard when u know u can do better? haha i would cancel but thats just me</p>
<p>Remember that you can’t cancel any single score. It’s all or nothing, so your best option is to just see what scores you got. The vast majority of colleges only consider your highest scores anyway, so there’s no real reason to cancel.</p>
<p>If I retake all three in October, will the first scores hurt me if I apply to non-score choice colleges?</p>
<p>Doubtful, if they saw that you improved.</p>
<p>Soo… what are reasons not to cancel them? Besides the whole wasting time and money thing?
I feel like if I do as bad as I think on history, colleges will think that my ap us history class was not rigorous. Is that true?</p>
<p>I’m sure I’m going to have at least 1 sub-700 score. Will this hurt me for top schools w/o score choice??</p>
<p>Like a 660-670?</p>
<p>Is there a reason not to cancel them??</p>
<p>There is no reason to cancel your scores. Even if you did bad on them. Calm down and take a deep breath. </p>
<p>Realize you just spent a decent chunk of cash to take the June test (maybe $60 or up) and are now asking if there is any reason to not cancel all your scores. Take a minute to consider the logicality of that statement…you are throwing your (or your parent’s) money down the toilet if you cancel the scores. </p>
<p>If you do bad on ALL of them you can always re-take, which you would have to do anyway in October. The bonus to having the scores reported if you do bad on all three is it shows progression and dedication. When the going got hard, you didn’t quit – you dug in and took them again and improved (hopefully). </p>
<p>And then there is always the possibility you did well on one, which always happens. People think they did terrible but end up with two 720’s and one 680 and that would be a shame to see your hard work erased because you had a hunch you did bad.</p>
<p>Thank you for the advice!!
Actually I got a fee waiver, so wasting money is not an issue (though I’d still feel bad about wasting the fee waiver).
Do colleges really look at a bad first attempt as a good thing if you improve?
One reason I might want to cancel is that I really don’t want to have to study for and take history again, and I don’t want a bad score in it making it seem like my ap history course was not actually rigorous… Is that a valid concern?</p>
<p>I am relatively certain CollegeBoard lets you choose what you want to send in, so if you have poor subject test scores, you can still send in your SAT I scores w/o them ever seeing your SAT II scores. However, a number of colleges request you send all scores in.</p>
<p>I would not cancel them. Why did you take them in the first place? If it is because a college you like requires/recommends them, they aren’t going to make an exception for you, so you will still be taking it (and studying for history again) if you cancel. However, if you don’t cancel, you may just luck out and be done with this standardized test. Just chill and relax and don’t overreact to uncertainty.</p>
<p>Thanks. I was thinking that if I cancel then I can retake math 2 and french in october and bio and maybe literature in december, instead of history, or something. And I’m basically certain I got below a 680 on history, haha.</p>
<p>I got at least 5 incorrect and I’m gonna guess that I got another 2 or 3 wrong that I don’t know about so I’m thinking I should cancel (still secretly hoping the curve will be really high but…)</p>
<p>On history?? Seriously, I did a lot worse than you. Don’t cancel!! I’m pretty sure -10 is an 800.</p>
<p>Ok, so I’m not going to cancel I think! But would bad subject tests kill my chances at Yale? Not that I really have a chance anyway, but yeah…</p>