<p>My son (he's a junior) took the ACT today. His school guidance counselor told him that if he does well, he can just submit these ACT scores and not even send the SAT scores from November. My question is this: since he will be submitting SAT subject test scores along with his ACT scores, won't they see his less than perfect SAT scores anyway? My son seems to think that the regular SAT scores are separate from the subject test scores.....</p>
<p>They are separate.</p>
<p>from CB:
"We send a cumulative report of all scores that are available and reportable at the time your request is received. You cannot send only your latest or highest SAT scores, or separate scores for critical reading, mathematics, or writing sections, or only SAT, or only Subject Test scores."</p>
<p>your son is wrong.</p>
<p>They are not separate. When SAT scores are sent to a college every SAT taken from every earlier date are sent. </p>
<p>With ACT only the scores from dates you select are sent.</p>
<p>So if they see ALL his SAT scores - then even with good ACT scores, won't his not so great SAT scores make him look bad? How does this work when the colleges say send in ACT or SAT scores when they are going to end up seeing everything anyway when the subject scores are submitted.</p>
<p>I made a separate college board username to sign up for my Subject tests because I did much better on the ACT and I did not want my regular SAT scores to be seen.</p>
<p>According to most colleges, they will look at the best SAT I or ACT score sent. For example, if someone sends an 1800 SAT and a 33 ACT, they will look at the ACT and (supposedly) ignore the SAT.</p>
<p>Post #2 is wrong.</p>
<p>sherm.justin, how did you make a new account?</p>
<p>Post #7 is correct</p>
<p>colleges ALL say they now take the best of EITHER SATs or ACTs.</p>
<p>terry, check with the schools your son is applying to. Many schools will accept the ACT with writing in lieu of both SAT I and II. (Yale does, Harvard doesn't.) If he does well enough on the ACT, he may be done.</p>
<p>If you want to create a new account online you have to use a different e-mail than you did before and if you used your SSN before you can't use it again otherwise they won't let you create it.</p>