Sorry about the double post; I think I posted this in the wrong location the first time and couldn’t figure out how to transfer it.
I’m applying to Northwestern, who has a score choice policy, and I took the SAT twice but still did far better on the ACT. I want to send my SATII scores because I did very well on the Math 2 subject test, which could make up for my lower math ACT score.
However when I go to send them on the SAT website and try to uncheck my SAT I scores, it gives me a warning that “I’ve chosen not to send a test score that the SAT score-use practice requires.”
However it seems like Northwestern requests SATII scores even from ACT senders, so I don’t see why they wouldn’t allow you to not send your SAT scores.
Any help is appreciated!
Since they come from the same testing agency, SAT I and SAT II are sent together on the same profile. If you were to hide your SAT I, they’d know and would be in direct violation of their policy.
I don’t think it’s a problem if you send your SAT I. Typically, schools will consider the best score you got from across the test scores, and clearly if your ACT performance was better, they’d place higher importance on that.
Northwestern accepts score choice - here’s a link to the full guide: https://secure-media.collegeboard.org/digitalServices/pdf/professionals/sat-score-use-practices-participating-institutions.pdf
You can send SATII scores without SATI as long as you still send your ACT. The warning comes up so that students don’t send only subject tests without SATI or ACT.
Apologies for my post then. 
I assumed when you said Northwestern has a score-choice policy, it meant you couldn’t use it.
@IBscholar How would they be able to know if you decided to hide your SAT 1, for example? If you decide to use score choice, won’t colleges only know the tests that you decided to send and know nothing whether you even took it or not for the ones that you decided not to send?
@ayyyyyyy After researching it, that’s true. I was running under the impression that colleges would be able to see if a date was withheld on their end, but that was wrong.
I still think it’s better to just send your scores off if you have an alternative score that’s comparable. If the college finds out by some twist of fate that you did withhold scores, it could be grounds for rejection because it went against admissions policy. Not that that applies in OP’s situation since Northwestern accepts SC.
@IBscholar @ayyyyyyy thank you guys! I actually ended up calling their office (I posted because I thought it was closed), and they said that I could send SATII’s without the SAT, but he insisted that they only look at the scores that make you look the best, so it didn’t really matter if I sent the SAT either way.