My son had eight SAT cancellations in a row. He was really rocking the test and it was crushing to finally walk away from it when he had so much invested in it. So we switched to SSAT late but had no problems getting a slot for test. The online test was annoying and a little glitchy but he got through it. His final score was lower than several practice tests. His next, Prometric test was canceled. But I was able to get a second slot for online testing without much of a problem. More familiar with software, did better.
We had several AO tell us they wanted the tests if we had them. And early in the year Exeter said they expected them, for all domestic students. And although all our schools went TO, only one school chose not to except test scores. They made him sit for a homemade test. I did not feel it was optional if you could take the test and if he hadn’t been to produce good enough test scores, we would have rethought our application choices. I just thought and think that because testing was widely available, they expected the scores, and that if you weren’t submitting scores it would be viewed as having a reason like lower than school average scores or lack of effort. Either way, one mom’s view for her kid.