I took the October 1st SAT and i had 8 free credits to send score reports to my colleges. I sent those 8, but since then i’ve found other colleges that I’m interested in applying to, and I can’t afford to pay $12 per additional score report. I just want to know what is the importance of this? All my schools are on the Common App, where I already reported my score. I applied to Drake University recently and they said I had to send an sat score report to complete my application. Is this going to happen with the other colleges I didn’t send score reports to?? Can someone finally explain? Every time I try to find out if the school I’m applying to needs a score report, there’s no answer. It’s not even a discussion! Someone please help.
@averagej0e - yes - most colleges require official SAT scores to be sent to them directly from the testing agency, even if you have self-reported. Bottom line: if you are applying to a school that requires SAT score, you should send them an official report. Check with College board if you are eligible for more free scores, and use it wisely. Just because it is free, don’t send to too many colleges!
Majority of colleges require an official score report from the testing agency and failure to submit one can lead to being rejected simply for failure to provide all required materials needed to be considered for admission. A number of colleges will accept scores if they appear on your official high school transcript and for those you need not submit an offical report from the testing agency. Few to none accept your own report of scores in your application as being sufficient, i.e., you need at least either the testing ageny’s score report or the transcript.
Colleges uniformily tell you on their admission sites whether they accept scores on transcripts or instead require offical reports from testing agencies, so go to the sites of your chosen colleges and find out. If you are having trouble finding it do a search on the college’s site for: sat act tests. That will usually produce at least one page that tells you what is actually needed.