Do SAT Scores NEED to be sent in before the application deadline?

<p>Thank you profusely to anyone reading this. I'm confused-- I'm filling out a form for my high school, and it says that I have to have requested to collegeboard to send my SAT scores to my university of choice. The deadline for this university, University of Southern California, is December 1st. However, I went on Collegeboard, and it said that the the SAT Reasoning Score report is due February 15th. Is it possible that my high school is mistaken, and that I can send in my SAT Reasoning scores as late as Feb 15 (or a few weeks before to account for processing time)? </p>

<p>I would follow what USC has to say:

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<p>Are your scores in yet? If College Board says they have to be in my Feb 15th, I would assume they need to be in by that date. However, the scores don’t have to be in by Dec 1st for USC exactly if that’s the due date, but I would recommend getting them in ASAP. </p>

<p>Thank you. I took the October SAT, and I’m going to take the November SAT subject tests this week. So I can either send in my SAT now, and wait a few weeks for my SAT Subject tests scores to come in, then send those separately. Or, I could wait until I get my Subject test scores to send in both scores. I suppose I’ll send them separately, just to get them in ASAP, as ssswims recommends. I would just send those through collegeboard’s easy-to-follow process, right?</p>