How does a college know if you've used score choice or not?

[MrWheezy]

<p>I think the UC’s require all scores to be sent and when you send the scores, there is no option for Score Choice when you select that school for the scores to be sent to. I might be wrong though…</p>

<p>But there is a pdf that lists the university who do or do not follow score choice.
<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/sat-score-use-practices-list.pdf[/url]”>Higher Education Professionals | College Board;

[ttparent]

<p>There is always an option to use Score Choice through College Board even on the schools that say they want all the scores. If you have sent a score lately, you know exactly what I mean.</p>

<p>That pdf is the same as what I referred to as college board guideline, I have looked through pdf for the schools that we are interested in. It is supposedly a survey that College Board has done with each school. My thinking is that this should not be the definitive instruction. It is a document provided by college board with various disclaimer statements about it’s accuracy. Each school should state clearly some place within the application forms or process about their policy. For the schools we are interested in, I have looked through their websites and application materials and so far, none of the schools that want all scores in the pdf has any statements on not accepting score choice. Things could change between now and next fall, but so far I wish I hear directly from each school what’s their stance.</p>

[cjgone]

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I see your point, sewhappy, and I understand that you are upset. However, I believe that by requesting a list of all scores, the college also helps the student. Under the new score choice, some students could potentially take the SAT nearly every month. At that point it is not necessarily testing the student’s capcity to handle college work, and it becomes a probability game. Their chances of scoring higher are much greater. At the same time, some students who, for whatever reason, are unable to take the test as frequently, are subsequently penalized. So Stanford, Yale, are actually helping your son/daughter.

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<p>You don’t just get magically lucky and do better. There should be no penalty for taking standarized tests infinitely until reaching 12th.</p>

[burry]

<p>The common ap asks for your scores, too. Are you required to supply all of them if the college doesn’t insist on it? Also what if one college wants SAT IIs and another doesn’t – can I fill out two different common aps?</p>

[fignewton]

<p>@ttparent: I think you’re right, and I’d go another step more: all colleges should be clear about what their score policies are (via website, e.g.), and the College Board should use that information at the score report choice point (i.e., if you choose to send a report to college X and X requires all scores, then that’s what gets sent; if X only requires whatever you want to send, <em>then</em> you are allowed to choose which scores to send).</p>

<p>It is early in this score choice thing; I imagine there will be more clarity soon (i.e., by crunch time this fall).</p>