<p>I took an earlier version of the SAT, the old one. If my new SAT score turns out to be better, would it be dishonest to just write down that one on my applications, even though the college is going to see them all?</p>
<p>It would be idiotic, since they WILL see it anyways (as you acknowledge).</p>
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<p>If there is only space for 1 test, then go ahead and put your best scores. If there are multiple sections, then I would put your old scores down too.</p>
<p>How is it dishonest?</p>
<p>This is the first year that College Board will not allow you to pick which SAT scores you want colleges to see, therefore applicants in the past have obviously omitted any lower scores. It's not dishonest. They may be able to see all scores, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they will. They'll most likely look at the scores you wrote down on the application first and use the score report just to confirm.</p>
<p>Wait...you used to get to pick which scores you wanted them to see???? Like the ACT? I really really wish they didn't change it:(</p>
<p>Some schools only allow you to use scores when you took the new SAT with writing--check the college's requirements to be sure. Some schools allow you to mix & match scores to come up with the highest sections of each test while others require them to all be from the same administration.</p>
<p>Yes, they used to allow you to hide SAT scores.</p>
<p>HImom, I believe you write down the SAT score and they will mix & match the scores for you (if it's a college that mixes and matches scores). For schools that mix and match, they ask for specific dates for each test, and it would get confusing if you started mixing scores around with only a single date.</p>
<p>how about if u got a 2 on an ap test and dont want the school to see it. do u just not write it down when asks for ap scores?</p>
<p>are you kidding...COLLEGEBOARD has always sent scores for all the sat tests you have taken. They've never been nice enought to omit any scores. WHERE DO YOU GET THIS RUBBISH</p>
<p>CB has always sent everything to colleges...most colleges just look at the highest score among everything they receive. Have you never seen the screen from which you send scores on CB's website (or a paper copy of the form used?) There was no place on either for you to specify which testing date(s) you wanted.</p>
<p>"This is the first year that College Board will not allow you to pick which SAT scores you want colleges to see, therefore applicants in the past have obviously omitted any lower scores. "</p>
<p>That's not true for the SAT, which always has sent all of students' scores to colleges that they apply to. I think that what you stated is true for the SAT.</p>
<p>If there's only room to list one set of SAT scores, it's fine to list your highest SAT score on each section. That's how most colleges will evaluate your scores anyway.</p>
<p>actually, CB did allow students to suppress individual Subject tests....but eliminated that option ~5 years ago.</p>
<p>I agree with NSM, with the exception of a school like the UC's (which will only accept a single SAT sitting), put down your highest individual scores.</p>
<p>if your new score is better than your old score then it wouldn't be dishonest as long as you specify what version of the test you took.. like if you scored 1600 on the new version and claimed it was the old version.. that would be dishonest.
At least when I did my aps (several years ago), people always put the highest scores and then the colleges would see all your scores or the ones you sent them (I can't remember)</p>
<p>Put the highest. Since they get the official scores anyway, so you are not hiding anything. Put your best foot forward.</p>
<p>bump my question</p>
<p>surfed_pipeline</p>
<p>From the little that I've read about AP score reporting directly on the app, it's OK to not write a score. But if you took the AP class, the school is going to wonder. I'd think you'd better check that it's ok though. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable will provide some input.</p>
<p>thanks. i self-studied it so i didnt take the class.</p>
<p>If you self-studied & got a 2, I wouldn't bother writing it down if asked on an application. You wouldn't get credit for it toward any classes anyway and they would never know if you didn't send them the scores for your AP exams.
If you want to send them AP scores, they would see all the scores, I believe, but you could double-check with them if you wanted to be sure. Your GC should also have more info about all of this.</p>
<p>You can pay an extra fee and ask to have a particular AP score witheld. I'm sure about this. Son was afraid he'd done poorly on one test so we called College Board to ask. Fortunately, he did better than he thought, but we didn't know that for several months.</p>