SAT Exam Mistake

Parents Forum
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<p>Hello - I am a new member to the group. Any assistance on this question will be appreciated. My son took the SAT today (Saturday Oct. 14). Unfortunately he made a marking mistake in the exam. He entered the answers for section 4 in the answer space for section 5 and the answers for section 5 in the answer space for section 4. He noticed the mistake and reported it to the test supervisor. The test supervisor contacted ETS, filled out an irregularity form mentioning what the student had done and told my son that the exam would be handscored and his mistake would be taken care of in the handscoring.</p>

<p>My question is 1. What should I do at this stage (I plan on contacting ETS on Monday). 2. generally what happens in these cases - WIll my sons answers be corrected as is (i.e. all of section 4 and section 5 are likely to be scored as incorrect) or will ETS handscore the exam as the test supervisor told my son considering the mistakes (which can be easily verified as one section had 10 questions and the other 34). Thanks in advance for any replies / assistance. JVJ.</p>

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<p>I’d cancel his scores and have him register for the next test:</p>

<p>From collegeboard.com:
<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools;

<p>Canceling Scores After You Leave the Test Center</p>

<p>You may decide to cancel your scores after you leave the test center. We must receive your request to cancel scores in writing by 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the Wednesday after the test date.</p>

<p>Please provide the following information:</p>

<pre><code>* Test date

  • Test center number
  • Name of test you are canceling-either SAT Reasoning Test or SAT Subject Test (please remember you cannot cancel scores for only one subject test)
  • Your name, address, sex, birth date, social security number, and registration number
  • Your signature
    </code></pre>

<p>Please label your request “Attention: SAT Score Cancellation” and send it by one of the following:</p>

<pre><code>Fax: 610 290-8978
</code></pre>

<p>Overnight delivery via U.S. Postal Service Express Mail (U.S. only):</p>

<pre><code>SAT Score Cancellation
P.O. Box 6228
Princeton, NJ 08541-6228
</code></pre>

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<p>Since you have until Wednesday to cancel the scores, why don’t you call ETS on Monday to find out what they will do? Especially if you need the scores for an EA application.</p>

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<p>Maybe I’m bitter, but I would never trust them to handle something so one-off. If it were my kid, I’d cancel the scores and sign them up for the next test.</p>