I’m applying to a few schools that require you to send all scores (Cornell, Carnegie Mellon, and University of Maryland - College Park). If I choose to not submit my SAT I scores at all, is that ok? So I’d be submitting all of my subject test scores and all of my ACT scores.
I would think that when they say all scores they mean all scores-- so you should submit your ACT, SAT I, and SAT IIs. That’s just my assumption though-- I’m am SURE all of these schools have this information on their websites (you’re probably not the first person to have this question) so look on each school’s website rather than taking advice from strangers:) when it comes to school policy it’s best to be 100% sure what each school requires!
It means either all of SAT I scores or all of ACT scores. You do not have to submit both tests.
Read the websites carefully. The information is there. For instance for Cornell:
Where is the fuzz on that peach? It’s very clear.
That depends on the school. For instance, Stanford means both SAT1 and ACT but not SAT2.
^ And clearly spelled out on their website (and FAQ).
University of Maryland does not require all scores and you can send what you want as long as you send at least one SAT or one ACT. It does superscore both the SAT and ACT tests and thus it may be to your advantage to send all of one or the other. Note, College Board has a list that claims Maryland requires “all scores,” see http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/sat-score-use-practices-list.pdf. Other sites have repeated that College Board claim. In reality,Maryland has never had an all scores rule and that College Board list is an abomination that no one should rely on because it is wrong as to the vast majority of colleges it lists.
Carnegie Melon requires either all SAT if you send an SAT or all ACT if you send an ACT, but does not say you are required to submit all subject tests: http://admission.enrollment.cmu.edu/pages/standardized-test-requirements.
Cornell’s rule is anything but “clearly spelled out on its website,” including because it has been changing its rule over the last few years from one of clarity to one that is more and more ambiguous. From 2009 to 2013, it clearly stated a rule that you had to provide all SAT, all ACT, and all subject tests. That ruled disappeared from its site in 2013 and was replaced by one that appeared to require either all SAT or all ACT scores, plus all subject test scores, and stated Cornell did not participate in score choice. That rule appeared in the admission requirements page, the application instructions, and a Q & A blog. Now, the 2013 blog is still there, see http://blogs.cornell.edu/admissions/2011/10/19/the-faqs-of-sats-and-acts/ but I do not know if it is still valid. The admissions requirement page and the applicstion instructions for 2016 freshman recently went up on the site, eliminating the prior ones, and they now say you can submit either SAT or ACT, and need to submit subject tests if the particular college requires subject tests (some don’t), but as to sending all scores they say only:“Note that Cornell requires students to submit all scores from SAT tests taken and does not participate in the College Board’s Score Choice.” See http://admissions.cornell.edu/apply/first-year-applicants/admission-requirements and http://admissions.cornell.edu/sites/admissions.cornell.edu/files/2015%20Freshman%20Application%20Booklet.pdf In other word, sending all ACTs if you choose to send ACT or all subject tests may no longer be required.
Correction, that cite to Carnegie Melon does include that you are required to submit all subject tests.
Here is what i have found as to the only other colleges (in additon to those I mentioned above) that actually have any kind of all scores rule:
UPenn: requires all SAT and all ACT but has dropped that requirement for subject tests since it has gone to recommending and not requiring subject tests for admission.
Georgetown: all SAT, all ACT, and all SAT subject tests.
Yale: all SAT and all subject tests, or, alternatively to both of those, all ACTs. Like Pennit no longer requires but instead recommends subject tests for admission but still requires all of them to be sent if you send any SATs.
Stanford: all SAT’s and all ACT’s, but can send whatever SAT subject tests you desire to send
UC’s: ambiguous; require all SATs if you send SAT but do not appear to actually require all ACT’s or SAT subject tests.
Barnard College: ambiguous; Barnard claims its rule is “simple.” It is anything but. Bernard is one of those colleges that accepts ACT in lieu of both SAT and SAT subject tests. However, its all scores rule may require all SATs or all ACTs, or possibly all SATs and all ACTs, and may or may not require all subject tersts. Noteworthy is that Barnard is tied to Columbia University, which used to require all scores of all tests, but abolished that rule completely in 2012 and now accepts score choice.
Rice: requires all SATs but you can send ACTs and subject tests you want to send.
Tufts: requires all SAT scores if you submit SAT; no such requirement for ACT or subject tests.
Harvey Mudd: all SAT or all ACT, and all SAT subject tests
Pomona: ambiguous; requires all SAT if you send SAT; requires all ACT if you send ACT; but not clear on whether you have to send all of both or all subject tests
Syracuse: all SAT scores, no such rule for ACT (subject tests are not even considered for admission)