<p>I took the SAT during my freshman year just to get the feel of it, does it count? I’ve heard that it doesn’t but I’m not sure because its on my score report. </p>
<p>yes it does. but if you did poorly just do score choice and don’t submit it.</p>
<p>It counts. I believe most colleges can see all your SAT scores, just do better the next time. </p>
<p>It counts.</p>
<p>@ZBD5421 is wrong about “just do(ing) score choice,” since not all colleges allow that. Look at the colleges you’re thinking about applying to and find out whether they do score choice. </p>
<p>Doing much better next time should be good enough, or you could choose to just submit ACT scores and try to do well on them.</p>
<p>Actually, you can use score as said by ZBD5421. According to the collegeboard website, the collegeboard will not disclose information to colleges about whether or not you used score choice. I provided the link below to where this is stated on the website.</p>
<p>If you wish to prevent colleges from seeing that score, then use score choice. Simple as that.</p>
<p>As quoted from the collegboard website…</p>
<p>"What if students do not abide by a college’s or university’s score-use practice?
As a matter of integrity, students are expected to follow college admission policies, and the same is true with respect to a student’s sending of test scores to colleges. Students are responsible for complying with the admission requirements of the colleges, universities and scholarship programs to which they apply.</p>
<p>Is there a loophole that allows colleges to “opt out” of Score Choice?
Colleges cannot “opt out of” or “reject” Score Choice. Score Choice is a feature available to students. Colleges set their own policies and practices regarding the use of test scores. The College Board does not release SAT test scores without student consent. This will continue under Score Choice. Colleges, universities and scholarship programs will receive the scores applicants send to them."</p>
<p><a href=“Send SAT Scores to Colleges - SAT Suite | College Board”>Send SAT Scores to Colleges - SAT Suite | College Board;
<p>Happy Trails!</p>
<p>Please be aware that if a college requires you to send all scores, you don’t, and they find out later: your admission can be rescinded before you attend the college, you can be thrown out if it is discovered during college, or you can have your diploma rescinded if it is discovered later.</p>
<p>It really doesn’t matter if they see one bad score, especially because they’ll know it is freshman year.</p>
<p>Don’t worry about it. You could always say you were tired that day (who isn’t tired?).</p>
<p>Yes it does count, which is why I try to advise all the super-testing-happy kids on here not to take the test so early because they will almost certainly just get a bad score they will later regret having on their record and/or reach a point where they are asking how many testings is considered too many testings. </p>
<p>If college application policy allows it (not all do) you can pay the college board the money to cover it up. Why anyone would plan to pay to take the test and then pay again to have the results suppressed is beyond my understanding.</p>
<p>Any SAT taken as freshman or after can be use for admission. SAT’s taken in eighth grade or before are generally not used by colleges for admission (and such eighth grade or before scores are removed from your record with College Board a year after the test unless you specifically request otherwise).</p>
<p>Thje College Board’s rules as to score choice are misconstrued above. Those rules mean a college cannot prevent CB itself from allowing you to use score choice. However, the issue is not what a college can prevent CB from doing. A college can, and a number do, require appllicants to submit all SAT scores as a requirement for applying to the college.</p>
<p>Also, for those who intend to conceal scores, you better check first what your high school does because many still put all your scores on your official high school transcript sent to colleges. If yours does that, and you order CB not to send a score, then the college will have proof that you intentionally tried to withhold a score.</p>
<p>As to what will happen to you if the college which requires all scores learns you withheld a score, it is true, as mentioned above, that a college would have the right to deny you admisison or withdraw an admission given as a result. However, be aware that to date, five years after score choice went into effect and a number of colleges adopted an all scores rule, there has not yet been one reported case of a student actually sufferring any adverse consequences as a reulst of withholding a score.</p>
<p>Also be aware that colleges generally profess, including those that require all scores, to use either your highest section scores from multiple tests to determine admisison (majority of private universities use that rule) or that test with the highest composite score (majority of public universities use that rule).</p>
<p>Also, the College Board does not charge you extra for exercising score choice when you order scores sent. </p>
<p>You’re right, I’m not sure why I thought they charge extra for score choice.</p>