A lot of schools ask you to send your entire testing history whether it be SAT or ACT or both. My question is, what if you don’t?
Scenario 1: You have taken both the ACT and SAT but do WAY better on one. The school you apply to requires you send both scores (for example Penn). You say ef that and only send your the better test. What will happen? Will there be consequences? How will they know?
Scenario 2: A school says that you need to send all testing history. You have taken the ACT 3 times and actually have a
great score of a 34 but one of your scores is a 26. You decide to send only the two scores and exempt the latter. Once again, what will happen? Will there be consequences?
I’m not asking cause i’m looking to get around things. I’m “genuinely interested” in how this works ha ha ha
Given that the ACT allows you to delete low scores, I’m not sure how a school can make you send them your whole ACT history.
Yes, if schools find out, you will get rejected. It’s better to be honest and be proud for what you did than to lie just “to get in” and probably you won’t get in.
Would they find out if I did that? I got a 31 on the ACT first time, and got a 34 and 35 the next two tries. Can I just delete my first two tests and just send the 35? Would schools find out?
Because it’s unethical. Your integrity is at stake.
Read the fine print. For example, Yale wants to see your whole testing history but they are clear that you can submit SAT or ACT. So if you don’t do well on one or another, you can just submit your entire testing history from the one (which addresses your scenario 1):
From Yale’s website
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 choose to fulfill the requirement with SAT scores, then it’s not necessary to send any scores from the ACT, even if you’ve taken the ACT. If you choose to fulfill the requirement using the ACT, then you don’t need to send us any SAT scores unless you wish to do so. Whichever type of test you choose, you must report all your scores from every time you’ve taken that type of test. And if you choose to use a combination of SAT and ACT test results, you must report all scores from both agencies.
This also clearly addresses the answer to scenario two. It’s always best to do the right thing.
Its ultimately up to you but I don’t think the lower scores will hurt your applicantion. I would send them for the sake of being honest.
The school already knows your test scores without you reporting them
@Canyouhelbzme That’s really hard to believe
@Jennings99 Penn states otherwise
I’m very interested in how the application works. I’m sure colleges aren’t a “Big Brother” to all their applicants actively stalking every detail. Also its pretty obvious that schools want to see all your scores so they can generalize the people who have low scores their first time are not naturally as smart. Which is BS. That’s just my 2¢ though
You are forgetting that when you apply to the schools, you sign (electronically) that all of the information is thorough and accurate and truthful. If you choose to “omit” information, you are being unethical and will be rejected or rescinded when they catch you. The universities don’t play that ethics well: they reject swiftly. They get ALL testing information and if you choose to omit earlier scores, which they really don’t care about, they will find out.
@“aunt bea” when the time comes, I’m just gonna go ahead and send all my scores. I would hate to be rescinded because of a silly thing like that.
Some high schools include test results in their transcripts, so colleges could be alerted that way. It’s better to just send all the scores.
It’s unethical, but do what you want, but how do you know they won’t know?
Certainly it’s unethical; if you are detected (for example, standardized test results are routinely reported on many, but not all, high school transcripts) you will be denied, or rescinded, or expelled.
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