The optional free scores.

drusba
Wed, 01 Jul 2015 11:55:46 +0000

If you designated colleges as ones to receive scores in your test application (either SAT or ACT), and scores have been released, then the colleges you designated already have the scores and you cannot take them back from the colleges. SAT, including subject tests, can be cancelled only if you do so before scores are released (you have until the Wednesday after the test to cancel it)… You can actually cancel ACT tests after the scores come out but it requires submitting forms via mail to ACT.org and it takes a while before it is done. Nevertheless, once the scores have been sent to colleges, it is esesntially a useles exercise since the colleges will still have the scores regardless of any after the fact cancellation…

Colleges in general claim that when you submit mutltiple SAT tests or multiple ACT tests, they do not hold lower scores against you to determine admission. Many use that trest with highest composite and many others superscore the multiple tests when determining admission, meaning they use the highest section scores from the multiple tests.

As to subject tests, those colleges that require them, require two, and, with two exceptions, they claim to use the highest two test scores (from different subjects) in derming admission if you submit more than two. The exceptions are Harvard and Princeton, which emaphasize the highest two, but state they will consider any others sent.

A number of colleges do not require subject tests but recommend them. a number of those will consider the highest two (highest three in the case of Georgetown which recommends three)) if you send more than that but others will consider any sent but usually state they will cosnider them only if they help you in the admission evaluation.