<p>I’ve been having trouble wrapping my brain around Score Choice. Is anyone jumping for joy about it? What kind of kid would benefit most from it, and in what situations?</p>
<p>Thanks for the suggestion, idad. Son is already registered for the April 4 ACT. </p>
<p>Since the March 14 SAT scores will be online April 2 I’m really hoping he doesn’t check. Too low and he could be over-stressed for ACT. At or above his target, and he could not take the ACT as seriously as he should.</p>
<p>Oh, good grief. I really need to stop over-thinking. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>You can take the SAT IIs in any order on that day, and you also can substitute a different test from the ones you signed up for. </p>
<p>Just trying to help boost your post count.</p>
<p>Hi Peabodie. Thanks for confirming that info - I thought that’s how it was, but never looked into it. And so nice of you to help boost our post count. Feel free to visit us here anytime.</p>
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<p>LOL. I think if you post in this forum, you are already overthinking. I know I am.</p>
<p>Score choice benefits someone who either improves, or gets worse in every section. It doesn’t benefit anyone else.</p>
<p>I believe you can take tests in any order, except, I believe if you are doing a language with listening.</p>
<p>You can take the tests in any order. I have read/heard a lot of suggestions NOT to take three in one day, that it’s too draining. My DS#1 did, but frankly, he was a superb test-taker and not a good role model for this discussion. Also, this was quite a while ago, when many schools were still requiring 3 SAT II’s. Only Harvard, Princeton and Georgetown currently require 3 SAT II’s. If I had advice to give, I would say that if a student needs to take 3 SAT II’s at once for some reason, he/she should start with his/her best subject. You wouldn’t want to start out with a potentially weaker subject and then be thrown “off your game” for the other two subjects.</p>
<p>Bengalmom:</p>
<p>I ended up calling the College Board with some questions on the SAT II. I was having difficulty, after initially signing S up on line for one test (to secure the test location) and then he decided on two test. (For him, this will total three tests taken, as he took Math II the June of sophomore year.)</p>
<p>The kids get a test booklet that includes all the test. They can take them in the order of their choosing (not sure on the language thing), and take one, two or three tests. They can take different tests from what they initially signed up for.</p>
<p>I was told (I found this hard to believe), that if my son wants to take the two test and has only signed up for one, College Board will bill us for the others. I guess this makes sense since they probably would not release the scores until the bill is paid, huh?</p>
<p>Good morning!</p>
<p>Thanks for all the responses. I thought the SAT IIs could be taken in any order, but I wasn’t sure. I do know that on Score Choice you can break up your SAT IIs and send the ones you want, you don’t have to send all the tests from one sitting.</p>
<p>I have been debating whether S should take all three at once. Like momof3sons, my first child (D) was an awesome test taker and had no problem taking three SAT IIs in a sitting. S. will not be as strong in those subjects as she was and his scores will not be as high. That was one reason I thougt he might as well go ahead and take all three – then he can choose his two highest to send to schools. </p>
<p>The May test date will be his only chance to take any SAT IIs because he will be taking the SAT in June. I really don’t think I could get him to study over the summer and take an SAT II in Sept. on a subject learned this year.</p>
<p>I registered S for the three tests quite a while ago. If he decides to only take two, will the CB refund the cost of the third test? Has anyone had a similar situation?</p>
<p>Ugh - just wrote out the check for the AP exams - sort of makes the year feel like it’s coming to a close, even though the tests are two months away.</p>
<p>D is still debating on whether to take a third SAT II in June. She’ll definitely be taking Math II and US History, not sure about Physics. She’s already taken two (bio and chem) and gotten decent scores, so she’s not sure. I guess she’ll decide after taking a practice test.</p>
<p>Remember also with score choice, that a number of colleges/universities have begun to issue their statements concerning this new system, and many are saying that notwithstanding what the CollegeBoard says, they want to see ALL scores.</p>
<p>THANK YOU for that information!<br>
It sounds like some kind of gimmick to me…can’t we trust the colleges to consider only the highest scores?</p>
<p>They tend to say that they will consider only the highest scores, but if they are seeing them all… Remember, though, that a relatively small number of schools actually require SAT II’s. These are those schools which are considered to be “elite.” Amongst these elite schools, a small group has already come out and said that they want to see all scores. Other schools have said that they will accept Score Choice, while still others have not yet released their policies. I agree that it makes it very difficult for our children to know how to approach these tests.</p>
<p>Interesting how changes are trying to come about in the admissions process, and they seem to be driven by College Board. I’ve been noticing that many colleges say they aren’t interested in the writing portion of the SAT I. And now the differences in attitude regarding Score Choice. You’re right–it is confusing!</p>
<p>It’ll be interesting to see if the writing portion is even in existence down the road, given the ones who weight it can still require their own essays.</p>
<p>hey, as others have said, all the tests are in one book and you can take in any order. Don’t know how it works with the language listening tests which are only given in Nov.</p>
<p>As for # of tests, if you pay for 2 and take 3 (or pay for 1 and take 2) then I have also heard that they will bill you. I want D to do this, she knows she will take 2 and play it by ear on a third one, but she doesn’t want to do anything “abnormal” and need to do a third test and actually have to (gasp) talk to the proctor.</p>
<p>On the flipside, they will not refund if you sign up for more than you actually take.</p>
<p>Back in the day, I think it was vicarious??, called the CB to see if you take a particular subj test more than once if that is covered by score choice and got the answer that it is. With all the vagueness and flip flopping on score choice, we are hopefully not going to have to put it to use.</p>
<p>Think that’s it, if there is anything else I want to add I’ll do that after. I only skimmed the last two pages.</p>
<p>The way S’s list is right now, 9 of the 12 schools say SAT IIs are required, recommended, or optional. That sounds to me like we should submit them – like some schools’ “optional” extra essay is not really optional.</p>
<p>S is not applying to any Ivies, and has only one super-reach in the mix. One of the schools requiring SAT IIs is a second tier state U.</p>
<p>Guess I have to start thinking about signing D up for the June ACT and SAT IIs. Will ask her if she’s made up her mind about retaking the SAT, because that will have to be in May.</p>