How does the College Board justify...

Test Preparation
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<p>wonderful mediation, tokenadult</p>

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<p>^Same with the cost of AP exams. $83 (or whatever your school charges) is nothing compared to how much money you can save.</p>

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<p>83 bucks!? Holy crap? We have to pay like 9 dollars here...</p>

<p>And ya i think sending scores is rediculous how much u have to pay</p>

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<p>What seems weird is it seems like they have the same price for sending scores normally, but if I remember right, the SAT costs way more for a rush.</p>

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<p>In Florida the colleges have automatic access to SAT and ACT scores, and they still charge you to send scores!
see <a href="http://ibmom.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/no-secrets-with-college-board-or-act/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ibmom.wordpress.com/2007/10/08/no-secrets-with-college-board-or-act/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Yea at some of the college sessions I went to, they said that rushing really doesn't get the scores faster or something....</p>

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<p>Predator, could they have been refering to specific schools? There are some schools which cannot accept rush sending, so if scores are rushed to those specific schools it doesn't matter. In general, however, it does.</p>

<p>I sent my scores in mid-July (all regular) and the schools received them within two weeks, probably because mid-July is probably one of the least likely months during which to be sending scores.</p>

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<p>The SAT is SO MUCH FUN! That's the justification. You pay for the joyful experience.</p>

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<p>The question about whether rush reporting of scores is ever useful would be a good question to ask at a college information session. </p>

<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=389153%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=389153&lt;/a> </p>

<p>Every time I have heard a college admission officer speak about this issue, the answer is that rush sending of scores doesn't help at all. For example, a Harvard admission officer in my town in May reported that rush scores reach the Harvard admission office at the same time as regular scores.</p>

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<p>An ex-Governor runs the College Board. The SAT is meticulously made by highly-educated, well-paid people. They have a large compendium of college information on their website. They do much research on the tests they administer and on education in general. They have to provide fee waivers for 324,000 kids per annum - costs them at least $15 million for the SAT and SAT-II.</p>

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They have to provide fee waivers for 324,000 kids per annum - costs them at least $15 million for the SAT and SAT-II.

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<p>I don't recall hearing before how many fee waivers CB issues, nor seeing how that adds up as a "bottom line." Thanks for mentioning that.</p>

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<p>At the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist...having an ex-governor at the top of CB merely serves to raise questions about the close ties between states and our kids sensitive records, doesn't it? Coincidentally, a CB official was just appointed chair of the Florida state board of education.</p>