<p>I'm planning on NOT taking the Spanish SAT II this coming Saturday because, frankly, I'm not prepared for it. I've already paid for it. Will colleges be able to see what I did? Will it be harmful in anyway?</p>
<p>no, your test will just be cancelled, but I don’t see any logic in not taking the test.</p>
<p>Number one… you paid for it.</p>
<p>Number two…even if you’re not prepared, take the test. Worst Case Scenario: you absolutely flunk. EVEN IF THAT HAPPENS, YOU CAN STILL CANCEL YOUR SCORE. So not taking the test at all will only put you at a disadvantage.</p>
<p>Only if the colleges you want to apply to require that you send in your entire testing history should you cancel/not show up to this test. Otherwise, take it. No harm, no foul.</p>
<p>@cantconcentrate if a colleges request your testing history, a cancelled subject test certainly wouldn’t show up on your history right?</p>
<p>The College Board website section on score choice says that if you want to send scores for a particular SAT subject test (say Spanish) they will send scores from all dates you took the Spanish subject test. It doesn’t work like the SAT I, where as long as the school doesn’t require all scores from all dates you don’t have to send all dates. So it does hurt you to take it and do badly, unless you are prepared to walk away from that subject entirely if you don’t do well. You can apply part of the fee for a skipped test date to a later date (minus a penalty).</p>