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<p>I don’t follow your argument at all. Of course Stanford, Yale and the others have no legal right to “demand” to see test scores. They also don’t have a legal right to “demand” to see your HS transcript. But they ask to see it, and they make it pretty clear they’re not going to admit you unless you send it to them. They’re under no legal obligation to admit you, and they certainly have the right to make admission conditional upon your voluntarily submitting certain private information relevant to their decision. Just as they’re under no legal obligation to provide you institutional financial aid, but they can make the award of such aid conditional upon your voluntary surrender of certain private financial information. </p>
<p>You have a legal privacy right to control access to your HS transcript as well, spelled out in a federal statute; no college can see your transcript unless you specifically authorize the HS to send it. But of course you make that authorization when applying to colleges, because you want to be considered. It’s no different with test scores. </p>
<p>If you feel so strongly about your privacy, then don’t send any scores. You won’t be admitted, but you’ll retain your privacy. But if they ask to see all the scores and you elect to send only some of them (after signing a statement certifying that the information you’re providing is complete and accurate), then you’re attempting to defraud them. They probably have no legal recourse. But they’re certainly within their rights to deny you admission, or to rescind admission once granted, or possibly even expel you or revoke your diploma further on down the road, if they ever find out you obtained admission fraudulently.</p>