Common App Reporting SAT scores to Colleges - Issues

nocilis
Wed, 03 Jan 2024 01:34:16 +0000

I used Common App for this Academic year 2024 applications. After I submitted the applications recently, I found that Test Score (SAT) was not being reported from common app to the Universities (I confirmed this with the Universities) although I filled out in the application to send SAT scores (this is not a common board official score reporting problem). This is what I did
Step 1: I reviewed every University app in common app before I submitted by printing out the application before I submitted the application. In my print outs I have selected to send the test scores by selecting Yes to Questions under the Universities which was something like: Submit SAT score or Will you submit ACT or SAT score results to be considered in the evaluation of your application? or something similar. I have the prints out clearly capturing this.
Step 2: I might have fixed some minor errors in application if I had any error I found in my print out. I never changed the setting of Send Test scores to No
Step 3: I paid and submitted the application

Few weeks after I submitted, I happened to notice what was being sent to Universities by looking at the " Application Submitted" PDF of each university and noticed that the Answer to Send Score was set to No. This has happened to 5 of my applications that I have submitted over the past 3 months at various times including last week. Now I am working with universities to fix it.

I can’t pin point what is happening. Very likely case is that Common App has a bug that resets this value to a default ‘No’ perhaps. I am not able to reproduce it and I can’t try all scenarios as I have to submit application for some scenarios. It is probably linked to something I am doing or combination of some actions or If I muck around with SAT score in Common app, it changes this to No or something like that, but there is a bug in Common app and is likely a corner case as I am not hearing this issue for my friends.
I opened Support case with Common app, but their responses are junk, they don’t even seem to understand what I am saying and are replying incoherently.

Has anyone seen this issue?