How in the Bloody World Does That Work?

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<p>Hello again, everyone. I had a question pertaining to score reporting at Yale, so maybe attending students could answer this one a bit better. </p>

<p>Yale says its policy is no to score-choice. That's fine; I never planned on using it. But they also seem to indicate on their website that they would like to see all test scores. The issue is, I've taken the SAT and SAT IIs once, but I've taken the ACT twice. Would I need to report both ACT scores, or just the better of the two, factoring in that I will not use score-choice? How exactly does it work?</p>

<p>And one other note. My ACT corresponds to a higher SAT than my actual SAT score, but my ACT writing was 35, with a 9 essay, while my SAT writing was 800 with a 12 essay. Is this enough reason to submit both tests?</p>

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<p>And thanks in advance for your advice!</p>

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<p>I think you’re misunderstanding what “no score choice” means. It means a school doesn’t honor score choice and wants to see all test scores. Yale doesn’t participate in score choice. That means that if you decide to report any SAT score to Yale, you must report all SAT scores – SAT and Subject Tests. Similarly, if you report any ACT scores, you must report all of them. </p>

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<p>[Frequently</a> Asked Questions - Standardized Testing | Yale College Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.yale.edu/faq/standardized-testing]Frequently”>http://admissions.yale.edu/faq/standardized-testing)</p>

<p>So you do need to report both your ACT scores (assuming you want to report either). To do it, you ask ACT to send one and you self-report the other.</p>

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<p>Ahh. I see. Will it reflect badly that my first ACT composite was a 35 and my other was a 36? Will they potentially see this as “obsessing” over a score?
As to the SAT, I only need to report the one I took as a Junior, right? Not as a Sophomore?</p>

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<p>If you are submitting your SAT scores, you must submit ALL of them. This is from the FAQ’s on the Yale website:</p>

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<p>You said that you took the SAT/SATII just once…do you mean just once in your jr. year? It sounds like you’ve taken them twice (soph and jr years…) Just trying to make sure that I understand.</p>

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<p>Retaking a 35 is slightly obsessive, but I don’t think it will put you at a big disadvantage to have gotten a 36 on the second try. ;)</p>

<p>What is it you don’t understand about the statement “You must report the scores of all of the SATs and SAT Subject Tests or all of the ACTs and ACT Writing Tests that you’ve taken.” If you took it in high school, you have to report it.</p>

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<p>All right. Thanks a ton for clearing that up. I was just hoping that they would exclude non-Senior/Junior year tests from having to be reported, but as long as its not a disadvantage…
So what happens if a student decides to only report their best single score, and not every one they took, say if they took 4 or 5? Does Yale go look them up? I mean, I have little incentive to do so given the relatively few tests I’ve taken, but would they be at an unfair advantage?</p>

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<p>The short answer is, you’re on the honor system.</p>