<p>Hello everyone,</p>
<p>when a college says submit "all of your sat or all of your act scores" can i submit all of my act scores and then use score choice for 3 or so subject tests?</p>
<p>Typically when colleges ask for all of your scores, its because they want to avoid obsessive test takers (people who take the tests multiple times to get a better super-score). They want to see all your testing to better assess you as an applicant. I’d say that using score-choice in this instance is cheating the system/playing on a technicality in their wording (the school clearly wants to see all your scores).</p>
<p>The “all scores” rules among colleges that have them vary. Whether you can do what you propose depends on the particular rules of each college as some of the all scores colleges would allow it and some would also require all SAT scores in that situation.</p>
<p>Call the schools in question. </p>
<p>100% of the schools I have called – schools that give the option of “all ACT scores OR all SAT Reasoning scores” AND “SAT Subject Tests required or recommended” – have given the exact same answer…</p>
<p>The SAT Subject Test score policy is independent of the ACT vs SAT Reasoning policy. If you think about it, this MUST be the case, otherwise there is no real choice between ACT and SAT Reasoning, right? If Subject tests are required, and all SAT testing must therefore be sent, then there is, effectively, no choice between ACT and SAT Reasoning. </p>
<p>Always call the school to verify. There are probably schools out there where Subject Tests are optional (not required or recommended, but considered), but if sent then “all SAT score policy” is triggered. I have not found a school like this, but I have not gone looking for one either. I think there is also a school or two out there that just requires all everything, but in these cases, there is no stated ACT or SAT R choice, so no contradiction either.</p>
<p>Repeat that you must check carefully for actual rules if you intend to withhold any scores. For example, a few key colleges that don’t allow what you suggest: (a) Yale which requires either all SAT and all subject tests, or, alternatively to both of those, all ACTs, and if you decide to send any subject tests when you have submitted ACT, you must send all SATs and all subject tests, see <a href=“http://admissions.yale.edu/faq/if-i-have-taken-sat-and-least-two-sat-subject-tests-and-act-writing-must-i-report-all-scores-bot”>http://admissions.yale.edu/faq/if-i-have-taken-sat-and-least-two-sat-subject-tests-and-act-writing-must-i-report-all-scores-bot</a>; (b) Penn which states it accepts either ACT “or” SAT plus two subject tests, but then requires you to send every test you have actually taken – all ACTS, all SATs, and all subject tests, see <a href=“http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/freshman-admission/required-testing”>http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/freshman-admission/required-testing</a>, (c) Georgetown requires either ACT “or” SAT and strongly recommends but does not require three subject tests but then declares that you must send all tests you have actually taken – all SATs, subject tests, and ACTs, see <a href=“http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/freshman-admission/required-testing”>http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/freshman-admission/required-testing</a>.</p>