A non-traiditional tranfer student's dilemma - Bombed the October test; Should I cancel it?

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<p>Not surprisingly, I totally bombed the test as I was not well prepared. I understand that colleges only consider your highest SAT superscore, but some students claimed that no one should ever send a horrible score to colleges. I think the rationale for canceling scores is present a consistency of SAT scores to college admissions. I did prepare for the SAT for a month, though preparing it very systematically. I followed the suggestions on College Confidential to buy the recommended materials as it was totally new to me. I had known that I would bomb the test before registering. However, I still registered for the test because I knew if I do not take that first step, I will never take have the courage to take that step. I kept telling myself taking my first SAT as a PSAT. I still do not want to cancel the scores as I want to see my horrible scores and hopefully make some improvements. I really don’t want let others’ values influence my decisions about canceling my scores. However, I, meanwhile, need to be realistic to take into consideration the admissions’ reactions of seeing my horrible scores because I still want to be admitted by colleges that I want to go. </p>

<p>Also, please note that I am a non-traditional transfer student. What makes the situation a bit different (or not?) is that I moved here as a junior high school student and my English eligibility was in between ESL class and regular English class. I was confronted with a huge language barrier after I entered my community college, though I still am right now. Not until recently did I kind of understand the structure of SAT and how to prepare for it. I observed that taking SAT in order to get admitted as transfer students is not the norm for an immigrant transfer student. In California, an immigrant student could get admitted by a reputable UC with a high community college GPA and a variety of EA. I took the other route because I wanted to go to a LAC instead of a big UC, and I believe it is worth me doing so – though it was really making me stressed out. Now, the dilemma is should I or should I not cancel my scores?</p>

<p>If you need to know the names of the schools to where I wanted to transfer before giving a suggestion, please feel free to let me know. So far I have Vassar, Reed, Scripps, Pizter, Oberlin. </p>

<p>I thank you in advance for any comments and suggestions.</p>

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<p>What makes you a non-traditional student? That usually means you are much older than the general student population, coming back to college after working a good number of years. What colleges are you applying to? Some/many(?) will not accept an SAT taken while you are in college. The test was designed for HSers.</p>

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<p>I am a bit order than other students. Non-traditional in a way that I am over 21. Some school seem to define students who are order than 20 or 21 years old to be non-traditional. I, however, was not saying being a non-traditional student coming back to school after 1 or 2 years gap. Some still say that I need SAT scores to apply as a transfer student. </p>

<p>Thanks for replying </p>