<p>I want to self-report my test scores, but I don't want to self-report my lower SAT II scores. The Common App wording leads me to believe that if we self-report, we must report ALL of our scores... is this true? Also, if I end up not reporting any scores (including AP and SAT II), is there any sort of disadvantage? Thanks.</p>
<p>I can see why you are confused…</p>
<p>My guess is that you should only report the scores you are going to send to colleges. So for example, if you took Math II twice and got a 600 and a 700, just report the 700 because the college will not see the 600 unless you send it to them. Also, it can’t make you report every single score because some people have taken the SAT and ACT and are not sending both to colleges. </p>
<p>Hope this helps, and good luck with your application!</p>
<p>Thank you, but what about the colleges that don’t accept Score Choice? If I only report 2 scores, will it seem weird when they get 5?</p>
<p>^ I have the same question. I have one SAT II score that’s significantly lower than the rest, and I’d prefer not to report that on the Common App. (In fact, a Vanderbilt admissions officer told me that if I refrained from reporting it on CA, then they would not be as likely to take it into consideration as they would if I did include it on there.) But I’m applying to many colleges that require me to submit all test scores. Should I leave it off anyway? Wouldn’t they be suspicious if I left it off CA but they received it on my official score report?</p>
<p>I just checked common app… It said that, on the common app login page, you should mouse over “Member Colleges” and then click “Application requirements.” You get a list of all schools on common app and can see what they need reported. As long as you report everything required for each school (meaning if all of your schools need 2 SAT IIs, and only one needs three, then you have to report three), then you should be okay.</p>
<p>@ Careful: By non-“score choice” do you mean colleges that make you submit all of your scores? If that is the case, then I guess that you have to report all of your scores, even the lower ones from the same test. But the reason you have to send all of your scores to those kinds of colleges is because they want to be the ones who choose the best scores for you. For example, a 5 on an AP test may be worth more to the college than a 700 on the SAT II test on the same subject. But some colleges might be the other way around. It won’t hurt to send all of your scores, I do not think, to those colleges which do not require you to, because they will probably look at your best scores anyway. </p>
<p>I have a question for you, though. Do these non-“score choice” colleges allow you to leave SAT IIs out completely? Like if you took Math II twice, Bio twice and Chem once and you bombed chem, can you only submit the two math and two bio scores?</p>
<p>@thelemonisinplay: I just checked the Vanderbilt University Website and it said that no matter how many scores you send, it will keep on file the highest one: </p>
<p>“Vanderbilt University has indicated that it considers your highest section scores across all SAT test dates that you submit. Only your highest section scores will be considered as part of the final admissions decision. Each time you submit scores, Vanderbilt University will update your record with any new high scores.”</p>
<p>So do not worry about the lower ones being on the Common App.</p>
<p>Good Luck with your application!</p>
<p>Schools that do not allow Score Choice do not allow it for SAT II tests, either.</p>
<p>Okay, so it looks like I’m not going to self-report any scores. As long as I still send my official reports, this doesn’t put me at a disadvantage, though, right?</p>
<p>@ Careful: If any school you are applying to with the common app REQUIRES SAT/ACT score you have to report those. If you are applying to any school that REQUIRES SAT IIs, then you do have to report those. That is what the common app website said. You have two options: 1) It seems like you only took two different SAT II subject tests, so if any schools need those then you have to report all of your scores (I am assuming that they are required by the non-single choice schools you keep mentioning). 2) However, if the non-score choice schools do not require you to submit SAT II scores, and other schools that are score choice do, then you could report only the highest ones on the common app and not send SAT IIs to the other non-score choice colleges. </p>
<p>If you want to send your schools to all colleges because SAT IIs are recommended OR if the colleges that require SAT IIs are non-single choice, then go with option 1. AP scores you do not have to include on the common app because they are not required by any university, but if you did well, then you should report it. </p>
<p>But you only have to do any of this if I interpreted the common application correctly. Read the little side note that says Reporting Test Scores under “testing” for yourself and see what it says.</p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>