@holychild I’m going through a similar situation with 11th grade DD. I have 5 children and they all seem to manage stress in different ways. She wants to start visiting the most selective colleges in the country buy is utterly unfocused on her approach to the ACT. Or if she does take a practice test, she refuses to take it at a testing center, she says it’s a waste of money to pay a proctor but yells at anyone if they are noisy in our house during the 3.5 hours of her mock test. She is sitting for the test on December 8. I think she should wait but she needs to make her own decisions on the timing. Hey at least I know she won’t be bitchy towards any of us that day for making too much noise while she takes a mock test in the middle of the house.