<p>One plus of the College Board’s new “Score Choice” policy (which, overall, has pros and cons) is that it does give better options to students applying to test-optional colleges.</p>
<p>For years I’ve fielded “To Send or Not to Send?” queries, most commonly when a student’s SAT I scores were skewed … or when the SAT I’s were weak overall but the SAT II’s were strong … or vice versa.</p>
<p>So now students with middling SAT I’s can take a range of Subject Tests and may decide to send the best Subject Test scores to the test-optional colleges while withholding the SAT I results. This way, a student with a low Math and/or CR score on the SAT I can still show off strength in foreign language, science, or history. Likewise, students with lousy CR scores but good math scores on the SAT I can submit Math subject tests without revealing the SAT I results. Or English class stars can set the Lit test results but reveal nothing to do with math.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, however, all of this will still require some degree of strategizing, and typically the students from the more advantaged backgrounds will get a leg up when playing this game.</p>