Exactly! They haven’t even acknowledged it, I seriously believed they marked all of those scores sent to appease us, and not by some computer error. And like you, I was screwed thrice. I bet they’ll sweep this under the rug too, wont even mention it
My daughter experienced a similar issue. Scores were listed as all sent on Nov. 2nd, then she suddenly received an email 9 days later stating that her score order had been completed. She went on to her CB account and found that the sent date for one of her schools had been changed to Nov. 11th. For the same school, one of her two scores which was sent earlier for an EA deadline of Oct. 15th was listed as being sent twice, on 2 separate days, I need to check my credit card statement to see whether we were charged twice for that. Ridiculous!!!
Students and families are certainly expecting that the sending process will go smoothly for the amount of money being spent!
This reminds me of the “new and improved” Common Application 2 years ago which was rolled out before it was properly vetted, creating a lot of havoc for the class of 2014 HS students, with many software and formatting glitches which caused a lot of frustration and missed deadlines.
I really don’t see how my ACT scores got to my colleges three days after I ordered them and I’m still waiting on my SATs- at least for me my SAT and ACT scores are more or less equivalent.
@bjkmom, Obviously your definition of “choice” differs substantially from my own. When one company holds a de facto monopoly and many of the highest institutions require that one use their services to secure admission, choice is but an illusion. That’s like telling a man with one leg that, because the bus/train/taxi is unavailable for whatever reason, he’ll have to hobble home. He can CHOOSE to stay on the sidewalk and spend the night there, but that choice isn’t really legitimate, is it?
When a non-essential service is provided to an individual and said individual has the right to shop around other companies to receive the SAME or a SIMILAR service, then capitalism works. When something is essentially REQUIRED (like the drugs you take for leukemia and buy no matter the price because death is the only other option), capitalism fails. And because the CB and the ACT services are the only two choices for students who want to attend 95% of colleges, they are forced to put up with the outrageous fees and the knowledge that, should the CB completely fudge up, there is practically no recourse.
If my analogies sound ridiculous, it’s only because what you first said was as well.
@SirPepsi - CB doesn’t hold a monopoly, they have a competitor who actually administers more tests in the US than they do - the ACT.
In essence, an oligopoly functions in much the same manner.
Check with the admission reps in the colleges you sent the scores to. Just got an email from UMich rep saying they’ve recently recieved my scores, although the site says they were sent yesterday.
Might be a glitch or might be showing delivery date.
@OHMomof2 #164: Technically you’re correct, but a duopoly quite often has effectively precisely the same problems as a monopoly.
@ADonkeyFly Yes, they sent.