9th grade ACT and SAT scores

He won’t be.

There are reasons to take these exams early, like Duke TIP or JHU CTY and similar. That’s perfectly fine. The part to which I objected was the student simply taking it for test-taking experience. But, to be clear, even though I think that taking an exam for giggles as a freshman is a waste, colleges will not reject any applicant on that basis.