<p>Just registered S (junior) for his first SAT. He'll take it again in June, and maybe October. He'll probably do pretty well (PSAT 201).</p>
<p>He chose 4 schools to send scores to. Is there any downside to that? I know that when and if he applies, he'll send the scores again, and all scores (according to the College Board) will be sent, so I'm not sure what the harm is in sending his scores now. Potential upside would be if school sees good scores, and notifies him about special programs, scholarships, or opportunities.</p>
<p>Am I over thinking this? I'm pretty sure that DS's 1 and 2 sent scores each time they took the tests, and I don't think it hurt them.</p>
<p>There is no reason not to use the free reports. If you think there are schools on his list where a low score could hurt, don't send the free report to those (he can later take ACT, and if the ACT score is better, send only the ACT to the top schools)</p>
<p>When my kids took the SAT for the first time, they did not have the scores sent anywhere. On the second round, they were sent to the "safetyish" schools. When my daughter took the SAT2 exams, she then sent them to her match schools. After that, we ordered for whatever schools were left.</p>
<p>I see no harm in sending them. My s took his SATs in Oct of his jr year, and sent his scores out to 4 schools (the freebies). Turns out he did incredibly well and never took them again! So, you never kow!</p>
<p>At the risk of being the sole dissenter, if money isn't an issue I wouldn't send anything in blind. My big problem with these tests is that they test how a student performs in a few hours on one day. What if he has an off day? The schools will see all scores when they're sent, so higher scores would be reporded if he takes the SAT more than once. Also, is your son taking the ACT? DD did very well on SAT but even better on ACT, so to put her "best foot forward" she sent only ACT to the schools that didn't require SAT 2s.</p>
<p>We did the same. My son had done well on the PSAT twice, there were at least four schools we were sure he'd apply to and several of them required SAT subject tests so they were going to see the first SAT results no matter what. There was no down side that I could see. Nearly every college superscores anyway.</p>
<p>We're sending scores to schools that don't require SATII scores. Then, if S happens to tank on SAT IIs, they won't ever have to be sent to schools that don't require them.</p>