<p>Anybody know? It's just that for the SAT, SATII, and even PSAT (after getting score reports), you can get it online. Is there a particular reason why this is not the case for AP tests?</p>
<p>I called in and it's not like $8 is a big deal or anything, but it just seems odd to me that collegeboard would not put these scores online (what if you lost your paper score report).</p>
<p>Moolah, that’s the only reason</p>
<p>They want your $8 of course…guess you fell for it :)</p>
<p>The same reason as everything involving Collegeboard…$$$.</p>
<p>Yeah but Collegeboard doesn’t make you pay to see your SAT scores before they mail them to you, they allow you to see it for free online.</p>
<p>I think the OP is wondering why there’s a disconnect</p>
<p>mcgoogly, EVERYONE takes the SAT</p>
<p>only the bright and ambitious (majority are) take AP tests, so it would be profitable for them to charge $8 for early scores as opposed to the online alternative.</p>
<p>Anyways, the disconnect is the fact that they want money from the few who take APs. I’m sure they would be scrutinized if they charged for early SAT scores.</p>
<p>Like we don’t already pay enough for AP tests. -shrug-</p>
<p>not that i want them to but wouldn’t it be beneficial for cb to charge $8 for scores online and have it come in the mail for free. they are money machines and a lot more people take sats than aps</p>
<p>Not everyone takes the SATS or ACTS. I know a lot of kids who do not take either and some of them are on the tech route or community college route. Though, my brother wants to attend culinary school and Johnson and Wales doesn’t even require SATS.</p>
<p>I heard a couple years back when they were instituting the Audit system that teachers would eventually be able to see the scores online, and that student online-access piece for seeing scores would be online at about the same time, but I haven’t heard anything about it since then.</p>
<p>The SAT competes with the ACT, which also gives free online access. College Board has no strong competitor for AP exams, so they have much more control over what they do.</p>
<p>generallyrong hit it on the head. Apparently $86 wasn’t enough for online reporting. One more reason why I prefer the ACT as opposed to the SAT and College Board</p>
<p>Because the College Board is a money-grubbing corporation designed to squeeze every last dollar possible out of you.</p>
<p>They say they’re a “not-for-profit” organization. Maybe they use the money to pay the AP/SAT graders/essay readers along with the transportation coverage?</p>
<p>^ They do cover this, as well as lodging costs.</p>
<p>Plus, the exams aren’t necessarily cheap to write and check for accuracy and consistency.</p>