<p>Your S seems to be very motivated, academically. My advice would be for him to take the PSATs as practice his freshman year. If he wants to take a standardized test, come to a compromise with him. Let him take the ACT. This way if he does well, he can go on to take the SATs during his sophomore yet. If he doesn’t do well, then he knows he should study and take the PSATs again for another practice round.</p>