Tricky Common App SAT Dilemma

cjgone
Thu, 30 Dec 2010 22:37:21 +0000

However, for the colleges that do no use score choice, I am sending all of my SAT and ACT scores, but I am simply not putting them on the common app. I do not think this is a violation of their score choice policy since they are technically still receiving all of my scores.

Why are you sending SAT scores too (unless the school asks for all SATs and ACTs)? Not sending any SAT scores by definition is not using score choice. Otherwise, walking around your house or doing anything would be using score choice.

The definition of score choice is: Score Choice is a score-reporting feature that gives students the option to choose the SAT scores by test date and SAT Subject Test scores by individual test that they send to colleges.

“Choosing” means to discriminate betweens scores which is score choice. By this definition, selecting no SAT scores or selecting all SAT scores does not use score choice. If someone randomly called Collegeboard, had the person uncheck every SAT test and told them to send nothing to colleges, this would not use score choice.