takoyaki117

Hi,

I recently just took the October SAT Reasoning Test. Collegeboard says they will give me 4 free score reports if i choose which colleges to send to by the end of tomorrow. However, there are more than 4 colleges that I am applying to.
Also, I plan on taking my SAT Subject Tests in November, so I was wondering if I could use my 4 free score reports then to send ALL my scores than pay at two separate times. It would save me a lot of money...
So is it true that when you send scores, you can send all your scores to one college for $9??

Help please!!
Thank you

EPTR

Yes, It's true.

EPTR

I'll clarify. You can wait until November and choose four recipients for free. Collegeboard will send all of your scores at that time unless you use score choice. Unless directed otherwise, collegeboard will send your entire report with all of your scores. Four will be free and the rest will cost you 9 dollars each.

takoyaki117

My friend just told me you can send all your SAT I test scores together, and SAT II test scores together, but you cant send them together using free score reports.
What's the validity of that???

EPTR

No. All of your scores go on the same report unless you use score choice to remove them. So, if you are taking an SAT ll in November and choose schools to send those to, all of your previous scores will go with them (again, unless you use score choice).

takoyaki117

what exactly is score choice??

ramannoodles

Score Choice is a tool that collegeboard uses that lets you not send any scores you don't want colleges to see. for instance, if you got a 2270 and a 2400 on the SAT, you can choose for colleges not to see the 2270. this also applies for subject tests. the catch is that:

1) it costs money, (i think)
2) say you took 3 subject tests one day (for example Math II, Lit, and Bio M.) if you bombed Bio M but did well on Math II and Lit, you've got a problem. you can choose to cancel all your scores from this one test date, or you can't cancel any of them. so if you choose to cancel one score, all other scores of tests you took on the same day are null and void.

heartofdarkness2

If you cancel one score, all scores from that test date will be cancelled. But you can choose not to send a certain SAT II score using score choice (if the school allows it). So, you wouldn't have to cancel your scores if you just use the score choice option.

tomjonesistheman

so I know Yale explicitly states that they want all SUBJECT TEST SCORES, not just SAT I's. What other colleges say this? Because I do not want to send ALL SAT II's...

I know I can pick and choose for Stanford which only wants 2, and MIT. What about Princeton? Caltech? Columbia, Cornell, Brown, Williams, Rice, Northwestern, Harvard?

kvmpk

My understanding is that Yale requires all SAT I scores to be reported but with SAT subject tests you can send any two that you want -- so 2 out of 3 or 2 out of 4 etc. are fine.