Do I have to submit my ACT?

Applying to College
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<p>Some schools I've been researching (Yale, Stanford, Columbia) say that they don't allow score choice. My SAT is better than my ACT, so I was hoping to just send in my SAT scores and my SAT subject tests. Do these schools also require you to send the ACT if you've taken it? My ACT score isn't awful, but I would have to pay an additional fee to send in a score that theoretically won't be used for admission purposes (if they truly do just look at your highest score).</p>

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<p>Bump…</p>

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<p>Go back to the college websites and reread their testing policies. Y and S are very clear in what they require.</p>

<p>Read the second sentence and note the italics:</p>

<p>[Testing</a> : Stanford University](<a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/application/freshman/testing.html]Testing”>http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/application/freshman/testing.html)</p>

<p>Read FAQ #6:</p>

<p>[Frequently</a> Asked Questions - Standardized Testing | Yale College Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.yale.edu/faq/standardized-testing]Frequently”>Standardized Testing | Yale College Undergraduate Admissions)</p>

<p>The C website is less specific with their wording, but the take home is that you can send them only your SAT & Subject tests w/o the ACT. However, you do have to send all sittings of the SAT & Subject tests.</p>

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<p>OK, so Stanford’s policy is all SATs and all ACTs, but Yale and Columbia allow all SATs or all ACTs? Is this correct?</p>

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<p>Entomom, that is incorrect. Columbia requires reporting of all sittings of all standardized tests, including SAT, ACT and SATII.</p>

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<p>^^Thanks for the correction. Like I said, C is not as straightforward as the other two, I came to my conclusion in reading this:</p>

<p>[Required</a> Standardized Testing | Columbia University Office of Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/firstyear/testing]Required”>http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/admissions/applications/firstyear/testing)</p>

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<p>I couldn’t find any FAQs or anywhere that gave specific examples. Can you point me to a link that gives a clearer explanation? Thanks.</p>

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<p>If you read a little farther on the “Required Standardized Testing” web page, you will see the following:</p>

<p>"Columbia has always expected applicants to report all required standardized testing for which they have sat and will continue to do so for 2011-2012.The application review process for Columbia College and The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science is rooted in the belief that students are dynamic, multi-faceted individuals who cannot be defined by any single factor to determine their suitability for admission. When evaluating applicants, we consider only the highest testing results reported from individual sections of the SAT (or the highest Composite on the ACT), and the two highest required SAT Subject Tests, always seeking to give students the greatest opportunity to showcase their academic talents and hoping to make the testing experience as stress-free as possible. We encourage applicants to take those examinations no more than twice, but we do not penalize applicants for exceeding that recommendation.</p>

<p>Students should officially submit all scores from all sittings of the SAT and SAT Subject Tests. Students may submit only their highest ACT composite score officially and self-report other ACT scores by adding them to the Additional Information section of the application. While the College Board sends a cumulative record of all testing for one fee, the ACT requires separate fees for each test date; we do not want ACT takers to incur greater costs, so applicants may officially report only their highest ACT Composite (with subscores) and self-report all other ACT scores."</p>