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One plus of the College Board's new "Score Choice" policy (which, overall, has pros and cons) is that it does give better options to students applying to test-optional colleges.
For years I've fielded "To Send or Not to Send?" queries, most commonly when a student's SAT I scores were skewed ... or when the SAT I's were weak overall but the SAT II's were strong ... or vice versa.
So now students with middling SAT I's can take a range of Subject Tests and may decide to send the best Subject Test scores to the test-optional colleges while withholding the SAT I results. This way, a student with a low Math and/or CR score on the SAT I can still show off strength in foreign language, science, or history. Likewise, students with lousy CR scores but good math scores on the SAT I can submit Math subject tests without revealing the SAT I results. Or English class stars can set the Lit test results but reveal nothing to do with math.
Unfortunately, however, all of this will still require some degree of strategizing, and typically the students from the more advantaged backgrounds will get a leg up when playing this game.
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