<p>Never send your four free score reports when you take the SAT. It will be a mistake especially with a low score. Anyways I sent them to these four:
Columbia
Princeton
Caltech
Yale</p>
<p>Then, I got a 2160. ■■■.</p>
<p>But its okay, cause I got a 34 ACT.
Question is, how do these four schools deal with SAT and ACT scores - will they be both considered or only ACT considered?</p>
<p>Princeton definetley will consider your higher ACT. Don’t know about the rest though.</p>
<p>It’s how the College Board makes money. Sounds like you got ■■■■■■■ :P</p>
<p>Schools will consider your highest score (the 34 ACT in this case). They will know you’re a capable student, and a 2140 isn’t as low compared to your 34 as you might think.</p>
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How do they make money from offering free score reports?</p>
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A 34 IS much better when applying to top schools.</p>
<p>They will take the higher SAT/ACT. And if you retake either they will take the highest of either test. (or superscore for the SAT) So no worries</p>
<p>I know Yale and Columbia will look at all of your scores. You should have been more prudent in sending free score reports seeing as you do so without knowledge of your actual score. I used the free score report from my first test on an in-state safety and the four score reports on my second test on what I considered my matches/lower-reaches.</p>
<p>Yah but at the time I didn’t have my college list and so sent them to reach schools. And by Yale and Columbia will look at all my scores, does that mean the SAT will be considered?</p>
<p>No. They will take your ACT. The SAT won’t matter at all</p>
<p>^ That’s an erroneous statement.</p>
<p>erroneous as in they will consider both scores?</p>
<p>It’s another way that affirmative action is cancelled out to a certain extent - and it’s unfortunate. I come from a relatively affluent background; I have the benefit of being able to wait to see my scores and then pay to send them. You guys can go ahead and extrapolate to URMs. Unless all colleges only consider test dates explicitly pointed out in the common application (they don’t) or they take note of the highest scores only (they all don’t), URMs - or, more correctly, anyone on the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum - can’t guarantee a blemish-less self portrait in the same way I could. </p>
<p>It actually sucks.</p>
<p>Well Yale has confirmed that they will use your better test and superscore the SAT. So I don’t see why everyone is freaking out.</p>