Battlebrick

Do I have to send all of my ACT scores to Cornell? They make it clear that they don't participate in Score Choice pertaining to SAT, but say nothing in that regard about ACT.

Any idea?

oldfort

Why would it be different for ACT? Even if you are submitting ACT scored, most Cornell schools still require SAT IIs, so if you took SAT I you will also need to send in your SAT I scores.

Battlebrick

Half of what you just said isn't true. I asked the people at admissions about SAT II's and if we had to send SAT I's as well and the lady on the phone said no before I could even finish.

I forgot to ask the question what the thread is asking.

LCSMOM

CALS does not require SAT IIs, so I don't think you would be required to submit them to CALS if you did not want to. In terms of ACT, my guess is that they expect you to submit all ACTs taken even though they only mention not accepting score choice in reference to the SATs on the website

oldfort

Ask college board how you could only send in SAT IIs. I would like to know if anyone has been able to do that. When D2 was sending in her SAT scores, it said Cornell required all scores.

I posted:
CALS is the only school which doesn't require SAT IIs if you took ACT.

Battlebrick

yeah, all it gives is a warning message... you can still go ahead and only send the SAT II's... at least that's what the person at admissions told me.

you could go ahead and call yourself just to make sure.

SVMMom

So if they see both act scores from my son what do they do with them? Do they just pick the higher composite to look at? He has a super score of 34, but single sitting scores of 31 and 32.

oldfort

They will do what they want with the scores. I don't think your son's ACT scores will stand in the way of him getting into Cornell.

Battlebrick

Wow... conflicting info much? Literally so confused now... leaning towards listening to CALS though.

here's what CALS said:
Thank you for your email. We are pleased to hear of your interest in Cornell University. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences requires each applicant to submit either an SAT I or an ACT official score to accompany his/her application. CALS does not have a preference between the SAT I and the ACT. Applicants are required to submit all test scores achieved.

The selection committee will consider your highest combined scores even if your best sub scores came on different test dates.

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences does not require SAT II subject tests. If you are applying to another college at Cornell, we would recommend that you contact their admissions office for more information regarding their SAT and SAT II requirements. Thank you.

Sincerely,

CALS Admissions

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here's what the general admission email said:

Thank you for your email. What you have already done is sufficient. You may send one or all of your ACT scores. If you submit your ACT score and not your SAT score, you may choose which subject tests you would like sent to Cornell.

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now what?