Silence1113

I don't think that really matters. You did send them ALL the official score reports you said. So, it should be fine.

Take3

I agree with @pbr.

For one thing, it's unethical to hide the score when other applicants are disclosing all scores as required by Columbia.

And even purely looking at risk vs. reward, you have nothing to gain by hiding the score. The reward is low; the 1950 does very little damage to your application. Yet the risk is very high. @pbr is absolutely right about the consequences of hiding the score.

Besides, you have no guarantees that Columbia's admissions office won't read this. You've already stated publicly (albeit using a pseudonym) that you're an ED applicant who got a 2270 on the January 2010 SAT and a 2330 on some SAT test date subsequent to that. That alone might be unique among the current batch of ED applicants.

Remember, it will take some time for the College Board to send the missing score to Columbia. And that score might need to arrive before your file is considered.

stopandbelieve

If Columbia called up the College Board and demanded to know all your scores/how many times you took the SAT, I don't think College Board can tell them. Aren't they legally bound or something?

I read on some other thread that a college could potentially call your high school and ask for your scores from there - apparently your school doesn't have any legal obligations to fill regarding your privacy.

pbr

^No high school college counselor is going to withhold information requested by Columbia. To do so would ensure that no future applicant from that high school will be admitted by Columbia.

On a different note, what happened to integrity?

stopandbelieve

There are too many applicants to do this check on each one, I'm guessing they would only check if there were flags

pwoods

I reviewed Columbia's policy on standardized testing (here: http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.e...styear/testing) and you really should not worry, OP. They only look at your superscored SAT or highest ACT. They don't consider the other scores, though they ask that you send them in. You got a 2330, which is very high for Columbia, so you should relax and follow their instructions. It would suck if you used deliberately violated their admissions rules and got yourself rejected, when you would otherwise have ben accepted!

smilesmilemile

This was on Columbia University's website : Applicants may select the Score Choice option for the SAT or choose to submit specific ACT composite scores.

overachiever01

Guys!!!! Columbia changed its policiy!! They allow score schoice and do not require subject tests for those submitting the ACT. (: Required Standardized Testing | Columbia University Office of Undergraduate Admissions