SAT ACT submit policy

Test Preparation
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So quick question.

I have taken the SAT once (waiting for results)

And the ACT 3 times
Once my sophomore year (26)
Twice junior year (28/29)

Now to be 100% honest I haven’t studied one bit and all of these tests have been feeler tests to see what my weaknesses are. My math and science are almost perfect. I consistently get 34+ on both and each test they improve. However my reading and English are low 20s. Good news I know my weakness and I can work on it. I know I can get a mid 30 and be competitive for high end schools such as Ivies because everything except my test scores are very good.

However, I am now reading and growing increasingly concerned about score report policies.

Stanford requires all ACT and SAT tests and that scares me. I don’t want them to see the feeler tests so questions

  1. will they honestly know if I do not submit all my scores.

  2. any other advice

I know I have a chance at these schools and it is eating me alive and I don’t know what to do!!!

2

1 - They may very well find out. And you’ll get rescinded if they find out afterward.
2- Stop taking “feeler tests”, study and do well.

3

To add some texture to what @“Erin’s Dad” said:

Yale has a policy similar to Stanford. [url=http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2009/01/16/no-choice-on-scores/]Here[/url] is what former Yale Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeff Brenzel had to say about not submitting all scores:

Personally, I’m not sure what an applicant hopes to gain by playing loose with the rules.

4

You should be honest and report what you are required to report. Moreover, colleges uniformily profess that they do not use the lower scores against you to determine admission so you would be risking possible adverse results based on the false belief that poor scores will be used against you when you also submit higher scores… As to a university’s actual discovery of your dishonesty if you fail to report, then be aware: (a) the testing agencies provide nothing to even indicate you took a test you have withheld, (b) many high schools put all your scores on the offical transcript sent to colleges, © if the test withheld is one of the state mandated tests given on a different date than the national tests, then the university will have a reason to suspect you have withheld a test if you are from one of those states that have such tests.