<p>If a college's score-choice policy is to send all scores in, can a college ever know if someone lies and only sends 1 out of 3 scores in?</p>
<p>I'm trying to send my scores to a college that wants to see all of my scores. One of my scores is really high while the others are not so good. However, when sending my scores in on collegeboard.com, I can still chose which scores go in (there is a pop up, however, that says "You've chosen not to send a test that was recommended based on this college's or scholarship program's SAT score-use practice." )
After selecting my scores, there is a note on top of my page that says :"You have selected to send SOME of your scores to this recipient".
Can this college know that I have not sent all of my scores in?
Does collegeboard say, for example, "this is only 1 of this student's 3 test scores?"</p>
<p>I still don’t know why, if the CB actually <em>knows</em> the policy of a school is “all scores”, it isn’t enforced on the web site. Not that any one on CC would still pick and choose in such a situation :)</p>
<p>I had the same question. But for SAT Subject Tests.
They say you can pick and choose which ones to send. I took 2 subject tests, didn’t like one of my scores and retook that one. When I got my scores back, it was only a 10 pt difference (I thought I would do much better…and I felt like I did better too so it was not expected ) It looks pretty bad that I didn’t really improve. Can I choose to send 1 subject test from the first testing date and one from the second and leave off that one score I didn’t like? </p>
<p>i believe score choice is by test date when it comes to subject tests, so you’d have to send all of the scores from that first time or neither from that date.</p>
<p>so no one really knows yet if the colleges that require ALL SCORES will see if you really sent them all in…??
even though that would be nice…i am sure that they would find out somehow…</p>
<p>its fine, you do not have to worry too much about score choice. Admissions understand that there are certain reasons besides academic when you use score choice. A lot of admission officers will give you the benefit of neglecting that you used score choice. You do not have to worry about using score choice. Just make sure the college you are using score choice for accepts the option</p>
<p>I think colleges will know because most colleges say that they will have to look at your essays. CB offers colleges the materials they need and they will know whether if you used the score choice or not… colleges r smart… very smart</p>
<p>This question has been discussed on many threads. No one knows for sure, but I am of the opinion that schools that reject Score Choice will have a way of checking if their policy has been followed. If they suspect someone has not been forthcoming, I think they may ask the CB if all scores have been turned over, although they would never be able to see scores that had not been sent. Since there is a pop-up warning for those schools that want all results at the time you send your scores, nobody can claim ignorance. If a school finds that you have tried to hide scores against their policy, it is reason to automatically reject the application. My advice is don´t risk it. Some schools it seems are less clear on their policies toward subject tests, contact the admissions office if you have a question on that.</p>
<p>My first instinct is that colleges have too many things on their plates to be worried about checking on every individuals whether he/she submit all the scores as required by their policy. However, what kinds of advantage would you really get from sending 2 or 3 scores instead of maybe 3 or 4 sittings that you took to get the score you got? I’m in the opinion that it is marginal at best and it is not worth risking a complete rejection by chance that they have some ways of finding out.</p>
<p>CB’s warning is to tell you that you are acting at your own risk if you choose not to send all scores. CB has said it will not be providing anything to colleges that indicate one way or the other whether you exercised score choice. One thing you should check is what your high school does; a lot of them stick all your scores on your official high school transcript that they send to colleges. Also, what does your high school or state do for taking tests as some have all juniors or all juniors considering college take a college entrance exam take the test during a spring testing date and if the college knows that and no score from that test date shows up, it might arise suspicion. So the fact that CB does not provide the information does not mean it won’t come from elsewhere. Another consideration, what are you going to say if the college does interviews and the interviewer asks you whether you sent all test scores? </p>
<p>The risk you face is that if the college does find out you did not send all scores that could be grounds for rejection, or withdrawal of any acceptance offered.</p>
<p>My best advice is to read the test requirements carefully from each college/university that a student wants to send SAT I and SAT II scores to. If they are unclear, he/she can call that college/university admission office directly. Yale is one the universities that stated very clear on their website what they want. Same thing for Stanford. Rice is not clear on the SAT II part. My D emailed and called RICE and spoke directly with the admission for SAT II and they replied/said that you can use score choice on SAT II only. As for the high school’s transcript, student must make sure to check with their registra office of what kind of information will be put on the transcript beside just grade and GPA. The best thing is to ask your high school registra office for an unofficial transcript for yourself. This way a student can verify what information will be put on the transcript.</p>
<p>The score report is not the only interface available. Collegeboard provides an interface for colleges to see what essays are available for viewing and actually view essays. The tool is described here - <a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools; It is, however, absolutely not clear what exactly the admission officer sees about the dates where the score was not sent to colleges.
Site [Online</a> Essay Viewing for Admissions Officers](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/sat-reasoning/scores/online-essay-viewing]Online”>SAT Scores – SAT Suite | College Board) mentions “Colleges will only have access to the essays of those students from whom they received official score reports”. However, those essays not sent to colleges could be not accessible for viewing, because they could be just greyed out. Not clear if the officer actually is able to get information about of dates all essays were taken on.</p>
<p>“As a matter of integrity, students are expected to follow college admissions 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 admissions requirements of the colleges, universities and scholarship programs to which they apply. 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.” -Collegeboard.com</p>
) It looks pretty bad that I didn’t really improve. Can I choose to send 1 subject test from the first testing date and one from the second and leave off that one score I didn’t like? </p>