My SAT scores have been sent?

<p>Forgive me for being ignorant on how this insane process works - So I got my December SAT scores, they’re what I expected. But the college board said it “sent” my scores already to the colleges I told the college board I’m applying to.</p>

<p>I haven’t even started applications at these colleges. So I’m confused - if Reed, for instance, gets the fabulous scores of a person it’s never heard of before, what does it do? Does it stash them until the rest of my application (app, essays, transcripts, recs, etc.) shows up? Or…?</p>