<p>My daughter just texted me that she was supposed to have a CD player for her Spanish Subject Test (with listening) and never knew it. Test starts in 10 minutes she's 30 minutes away, and we don't own a CD player. Does this stress never end? </p>
<p>I had the same problem this morning. After talking with proctors and SAT coordinators at my high school I was told that they used to provide CD players and that I could get a refund. I called SAT’s customer service to ask about this. Turns out you can only get a $10 refund if you request it 5 days before the test date so I now get nothing back. Now I’ve done some research and see how many students have had issues with the CD player rule. I’m writing a letter of complaint and we’ll see how they respond…</p>
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I’ll doubt you’ll get very far. The College Board is pretty clear about equipment needed:
rom the [College</a> Board:](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/sat-subject/test-day/expect/cd]College”>College Board Will No Longer Offer SAT Subject Tests or SAT with Essay – College Board Blog)
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<p>I/We accept responsibility for not knowing about the CD player. When I registered my daughter I added the Spanish with listening, she originally asked for only Math and Bio tests but I figured, wth, might as well take the language as well since she’s in Spanish V and wants to minor in language of some sort. I registered, paid, and printed out the ticket for her and never looked back.</p>
<p>But, honestly, I think this is just another example of how the school and their college counselors are dropping the ball. In a school where 90% of the students will be attending college wouldn’t it be advisable to hold some time of college seminars and/or put together some handouts that explain procedures, etc. as they trudge along this route to applications? She was one of very few in the school apparently who took the ACT and she bombed it. She had no idea it was a timed test, no one every mentioned the ACT tests at her school but she wanted to see how she would do. She traveled over an hour to take the test to the nearest Again, we take responsibility for her ignorance about the test. My daughter is doing everything she can to keep it all straight and I’m spending lots of time helping her and we both missed this and the CD necessity.</p>
<p>When I asked her how she didn’t know, she said she hadn’t talked to anyone about the subject tests, everyone was taking them today for the first time. Maybe not many students were taking language tests, I don’t know. FWIW, she said the Math and BIo tests were difficult and has no idea how she did on them. Guess we’ll hold off on the application essays for the schools that require subject tests until the scores come out. No sense writing essays if there won’t be an application 
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<p>@polyglotn ~ my daughter did not end up taking the test at all. Not sure how it was handled (I’m at work) but I asked her to cancel the scores for the one test. Wonder what they do if you don’t take the test at all? Personally, I’ll eat the cost of the test and know it was on me/her for not researching better but I do NOT want any bad scores issued.</p>
<p>I agree that the college counselors should have reinforced the technical requirements. However, once your daughter realized that she needed a CD player, why did she not simply take the SAT Spanish test without listening? Obviously this is not an option for subjects only available with listening.</p>
<p>I really don’t know. It was listed as Spanish with listening so maybe that wasn’t an option? I’m at work so the little discussion we’ve had about everything has been via text. She was pretty upset so I told her to forget about everything, call a friend and make some plans for the afternoon/evening. She has a couple schools on her list that require Subject tests (not necessarily language) and I think she’s stressing about what her scores may end up being. Thank goodness we did as advised her on CC and cast the net wide…there are several good schools on her list that do not require the tests so in the end everything will be fine. Her reaches will most likely remain reaches.</p>
<p>At the November test date all language tests are with listening, so she couldn’t have taken it without. But when I took it years ago, the CD requirement was the same and it was very clearly listed on the website and confirmation</p>
<p>^You’re right; I stand corrected.</p>
<p>However, since she did take Math and Bio as well, she’s really covered on her subject test requirements assuming she performed well.</p>