Should I Submit SAT or ACT Score?

Faulkner1897
Fri, 04 Aug 2017 23:42:49 +0000

If your subject test scores are strong, it is a good idea to submit them, even if they are optional or not required. As stated on Wash U’s website: “Washington University does not require SAT Subject Tests (formerly SAT II: College Board Achievement Tests). However, if you do take them and submit your scores, we will only consider them if they strengthen your application”.

Also, even though the Wash U admission officer was pretty emphatic about only submitting the strongest test (ACT or SAT), the website says “If you take both, we will consider whichever set of scores is most advantageous to you”.

Research what every school on your list says about testing. It is helpful to create a simple spreadsheet for testing requirements for each school, so that nothing is a surprise when it comes time to submit. It is also good to submit test scores with plenty of time to spare if you are already done testing. When my daughter applied to college in the fall of 2015, college board had all sorts of technical difficulties during the month of October and people were in a panic about scores taking weeks and weeks to be delivered.