<p>It's 4:15 in the morning and I have only slept one hour tonight. I really don't know whether I should go or not. I feel like I'm gonna be exhausted and I will get terrible results. Do you think I should still go? Or should I rather take the ACT in September and then the SAT in October or December?
Please give me advice. I really don't know what to do. </p>
<p>skyscraper - this may be too late but my advice is to go! Take the test! Then if you feel you didn’t do well, you have until Wednesday to cancel the scores (check the College Board website for the cancellation form), or you can even cancel the scores with the test administrator if you’re sure you haven’t done well, as soon as you’ve finished the test. You just never know, you may do quite well, but even in worst case scenario where you’d have to cancel the scores, you’d still have gotten some valuable practice in</p>
<p>Let me just tell you that my kid, who went to bed early last night, took 3 SAT subject tests this morning (we’re international), and missed answering 20 questions from one of the tests (in my kid’s BEST subject, math). Yes, 20 QUESTIONS that my kid didn’t even get to because “not enough time”! The kid did very well on the other 2 tests, possibly an 800 in one of them. But we’re going to have to cancel all 3 tests now, because you can’t just cancel one SAT subject test. Had plenty of sleep, too…</p>
<p>@AmerigoRound: DON’T CANCEL!!! Most colleges use scorechoice and therefore won’t see any scores you don’t wish to send, and most only want 2 scores anyways. Your kid is all set if he/she did well on the other two like you said. Do your kid the service of not making him/her have to go through all the preparation again. DON’T CANCEL.</p>
<p>Thank you for the advice- unfortunately I was absolutely exhausted and didn’t go. I regret that. I should have taken it today… Just for the sake of taking it. Now I have only the October date for Early Action… the only good thing is I am not discouraged by possible low scores (like I would have likely been if I’d gone today) and I have plenty of time to prepare.
@AmerigoRound Thank you for the advice, unfortunately I read it too late. I’m sorry to hear that about your kid’s Subject tests. Even though most colleges require that you send them all your scores (they do not allow for score choice, at least the most competitive ones), they usually consider only the best scores you send them. So I don’t think canceling is necessary if he did so well on the other two subject tests. It would be a waste of time and energy to cancel the scores. Good luck!</p>