<p>This really is unbelievable, I've heard upperclassmen in my school talk about how much they despised the College Board, but I never believed them, thinking that it's impossible to screw up something like an SAT registration. I was wrong. I sent a registration by mail (I'm a Sunday test taker) for this upcoming SAT about a month ago and they cashed the check shorty after. However, I never received my ticket for the SAT. I've called them twice and even my parents have talked to them and they insist that they never got anything even though there's a bank record on the bank's website of the check being processed.</p>
<p>As a result of this I'm going to have register as a standby and pay about $120 for the SAT, while waiting for them to "investigate" and see what happened. If they don't refund me, my parents will be speaking to their lawyer. It really is insane. Has anyone ever experienced anything similar? And is there anything special I need to do to take the test as a standby taker (especially since I'm taking it on a Sunday)?</p>
<p>One of my students failed to get her scores last fall after taking the October test. Apparently they needed to grade her exam by hand (although she filled in all the circles neatly; who knows what happened). They kept telling her the scores were coming out in two days, four days, three days; nothing happened. . . She didn't get the scores until after all the early deadlines had passed, and she had to apply early to her top choice school with her old score, including a 590 V. </p>
<p>Usually when I have a student crying in my classroom it's because they need to gain some perspective on the process. This student actually had a reason to cry. </p>
<p>It's the only time I've ever seen anything like it.</p>
<p>If you have a copy of the cancelled check, then you need to get a supervisor on the phone and fax it to them. It's proof of payment and your registration, and they can't charge you another fee or make you go standby. If they won't let you do the test any other way, then charge that fee and then bring it up with the credit card company after you take the test. Just make sure you've documented your efforts to get this resolved beforehand.</p>
<p>My parents called again today and this time mentioned that I'm stressing out about this whole situation and if I do poorly on the SATs as a result of this, they'll be speaking with their lawyer about this as well as the money spent on the test. 2 hours later, I received an email saying my Collge Board site account was updated and my ticket was there. Guess they got my registration after all...</p>