I took my sat last week and fear I did terribly. I still have an application waiting for my sat scores to be sent for it to be complete.
I was confident I would get an acceptable score for the college I wish to go to, but I have severe anxiety and ended up not sleeping at all before the test. I was so tired and on the verge of yet another panic attack, that I ran out of time on the reading section and had around 15 questions I had to guess on. That, combined with my usual low scores in math, probably landed me somewhere around a 900 total.
Im homeschooled and have a high gpa (3.7), but Im scared that if I truly scored so low on the sat that colleges will assume grade inflation.
I considered taking a gap year, since my mental health has been declining. I decided against a gap year though, and strongly believe that I should just go to a community college for a year or two and eventually transfer over to the school I planned on going to in the first place.
But my question is, how do I go about withdrawing my application? Im so embarrassed at the thought of them receiving my scores. Do I say that I’m withdrawing it because I believe I severely underachieved on the sat? Do I mention my severe test anxiety? I know they know students have test anxiety, but I don’t want them thinking my gpa isn’t accurate and that I’m just an awful student.
Should I even withdraw it at all? Would my sat scores still be sent to them even after withdrawing an application?
Thank you!