SAT Superscore/Score Choice

MiddKid86
Thu, 24 Oct 2013 15:48:05 +0000

In my answer I assumed you would want to take the high scores from multiple days. If that’s not the case then you are right, the schools may not find out. But also as Drusba stated, if the school asks for all scores you should send them. If you are discovered later you can have your admission rescinded, be thrown out of the college, or have your diploma rescinded. Is that worth the risk?

I don’t know why you would make that assumption. I’ve never had any misapprehension that score choice is the same thing as superscoring. Also, I’ve never expressed an opinion contrary to drusba’s, which is that if a school requires all scores to be sent, then score choice should not be used; I wholeheartedly agree with that sentiment.

Just to be clear:

If an applicant uses score choice, there is no indication in the score report provided by the College Board that the score choice option has been exercised.

A college may find out that score choice has been used; for example if test scores that were not reported by the College Board appear on a high school transcript, or if an applicant self-reports on the Common App more test dates than are shown on a College Board score report.

If a college requires that all test scores be reported, than score choice should not be used.