<p>sorry if this has already been discussed, but i was wondering if its better to cancel a SAT2 test that you have a bad feeling about, or wait it out and retake it. obviously, if you retake it, colleges won't ever see that first score. however, i was wondering if college board sends you info on what you got wrong, etc, along with your score. i was also wondering if colleges see retaking as perseverance or lack of studying (if that makes sense)?</p>
<p>alright so i just took the bio-E test. pretty sure i got a few wrong. skipped one question. retake or cancel?</p>
<p>well i did the same as you (bio E, 1 skipped, few+ wrong)...</p>
<p>if u feel good about it, keep it and retake...this way u have a backup and can cancel the 2nd test if u think u did poorly</p>
<p>Just to clarify:</p>
<p>If you retake a test, colleges WILL see the first score.</p>
<p>yeah i know
i'm pretty sure i didn't so THAT badly, but i don't know if i broke 750. i heard that if you don't cancel, you find out what you got wrong? anyway some people told me that it can look good to retake because it shows colleges that you "strive for excellence", something along those lines. then again, some say that an 800 won't look as good because you retook it. </p>
<p>then again, doesn't it look slightly suspicious if you get straight 800s on all your SATII's? i know it can happen. </p>
<p>also, so many people cancel and retake so i'm sure colleges are aware of it.</p>
<p>I would wait it out. Then again, I always have really weird feelings about tests. I usually do terrible on "easy" ones and really great on "hard" ones. ("hard" and "easy" to me, to clarify)</p>
<p>I mean if you think that you have like a 500 then I'd cancel it,but if you think you did fairly well..than wait because it won't hurt. =]</p>
<p>No harm, no foul. It is correct that College Board score reports show all SAT I and SAT II scores from ninth grade on by default. (They don't show cancelled scores, and they very likely don't show scores from below ninth grade, because those are not put on a student's permanent record of scores by default.) What that means is that every college all over the country is very used to seeing multiple test scores on one score report. The colleges consider your best scores. There doesn't seem to be any case here for throwing away money by canceling the score of the test already taken. </p>
<p>If you cancel everything you have a "bad feeling" about, you won't experience much of life. Let it be. Take the grade. You're much more worried about a "bad" score than the colleges will be.</p>