Gwha! Oh Em GEE GHAWWWH! Oh shucks. Want to help someone stressed out?

Applying to College
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<p>Hi! Well, I recently took the SAT IIs.</p>

<p>I was in a Youth Leadership Program, and I had to leave in the middle of it and go to another city in order to take the tests. I had never been to the city before, and I had to drive there myself, and I don't drive often--- I was just confused the entire day.</p>

<p>Well, I sat down and took the tests, and just ZONED OUT completely. I was deprived of sleep because of the program I was participating in --- DRAINING!</p>

<p>Additionally, I was taking the test completely out of my element since I was at a high school that I had never been to before, and I was about 100 miles away from my home. I was not comfortable at all.
Hmmm, I omitted about 7 on my US history and about 15 on my math. =X</p>

<p>And I was so unsure of everything, and the questions went just went right through me.</p>

<p>I am expecting like 500 - 650 or so on them. But you never know. I could've done a lot better than I would expect. I mean, what if I got 700 on one of them and 500 on the other? I honestly don't know, but I don't feel 100% comfortable with my performance.</p>

<p>But I don't want to waste my money.</p>

<p>Should I cancel my scores?</p>

<p>What would happen if I got 500 and 500 on both of them, and then retook them next year and got in the 700s? Would the colleges just ignore the 500s or look at it suspiciously?</p>

<p>Thanks for reading. I am severely long-winded.</p>

<p>What's the highest I can get on either subject tests, provided that I omit what I had mentioned before, and got a few wrong here and there?</p>

<p>I think I have until Wednesday to make this decision.</p>

<p>Do people usually cancel their SAT II scores?</p>

<p>If I send in my SAT II scores, do they send them ALL in? Or can I pick and choose which ones I want them to send?</p>

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<p>Math 1 or 2, if you omitted 15 on Math 1, i don't think you can go far above a 670-680 with near perfect accurary on those you did answer.</p>

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<p>i would cancel right away. This is great practice for you and you get to see what kind/how difficult the questions are. However, tkaing a test at a place where uve never been before does greatly effect quite a few test takers as it adds extra nervousness. So next time, go a day or two ahead and scope otu the locatoin or sign up a few months early at a locatoin u know well like ur local hs</p>

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<p>If you can cancel these - I'd do so. You obviously were stressed out over the testing venue, drive, and different surroundings. You will more than likely do much better in a familiar setting. I would think it would look better if it appears that you only took the test once.</p>

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<p>Would it be terribly, terribly bad if I were to submit a 500ish on both and then a 700ish on both later? ...Because I don't have too many more opportunities to take these tests. I'm not sure if I want to risk canceling a not-so-bad score.</p>

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<p>^^No, I don't think it'd be terrible to show an improvement like that. After all, many colleges superscore the SAT I, and I'm sure they'd basically do the same with SAT IIs.</p>

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<p>Oh! You're kind of in the same situation as me. I took the Math II and US History last Saturday. I did well on one test, and poorly on the other, but I'm not sure if I can cancel. If you're a junior now, there's only two more testing sessions until we apply to college...so unless you don't want to retake the SAT Reasoning again, I wouldn't cancel the scores.</p>

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<p>Did you omit 15 on Math I or II. Because if it was on I, your score will be pretty low.</p>