<p>Alright, the common app now locks when it is sent to one school. I have taken the SAT, SAT II'S, and ACT. I want to send different combinations to different schools, and obviously I can not do that now that the common app locks (can not adjust it for each school), so do you think it would be wise just to leave the section blank and just send the scores to the schools and let them figure it out? Will schools be able to match up my sent scores with my app without me writing down my scores?</p>
<p>Don't leave the scores blank. When you send your SAT scores the college gets an entire list, so if you need different SAT IIs for say an engineering program they will look through to find those scores.</p>
<p>You might be misunderstanding. I have a good SAT I and ACT, but my SAT II's are horrible. I am applying to a lot of schools that take the ACT in place of the SAT II's, but like two of my schools require SAT II's. I just want to send my ACT to the schools that take the ACT in place of the SAT and SAT II's so they do not have to see my SAT.....but since the common app locks I can not change (depending on the school) which scores I fill into the self reported score section of the commonapp. My question is, should I just leave the section blank in light of this?</p>
<p>They only count your highest score. They won't hold a bad test against you.</p>
<p>I see what you mean</p>
<p>I personally dont know how this problem woudl be solved except by a VERY time consuming print/mailed version of the common app to each college, but to me that just seems like overloading on work though</p>
<p>I think I will leave them blank, I mean they need my scores sent via mail anyway right? As long as I can be sure they will not think I did not take the tests....</p>
<p>I would include it...they supposedly only count the highest scores.</p>
<p>Don't leave it blank. That just makes it look like you can't follow instructions.</p>
<p>If you're including ACT scores in the application as well, I would assume they'll look at that instead of your (lower) SAT II scores.</p>
<p>or u can create a new comm app account</p>
<p>I like bigreddawgie idea about creating a second account. Has somebody done that? Because I'm leaning towards that...</p>
<p>Ah the second account thing is really clever (great idea bigreddawgie)...I wonder if it recognizes the same address/name......</p>
<p>After you've submitted your information the first time and sent it to the colleges on your list, you can make a copy of your application, alter it, and send it to different colleges... (on the same account)</p>
<p>Fiftyfive: I think they changed that this year, it locks now.</p>
<p>Wait wait wait. Back it up. Printing out the applications and writing in the various test scores for each college separately and mailing it is too time consuming to bother with (but is however the most reasonable solution), but creating a separate account on the common app. site and completely redoing the application is good alternative?</p>
<p>Huh.</p>
<p>Once you sent the application to the colleges in the first round, it locked that particular application. You can still copy that application, however, and alter it to send again. I don't see why they would have changed it.</p>
<p>Fiftyfive: so you are saying send it, and then copy and paste it and then adjust the test scores under another account...b/c now once you send your application to one school you can not access it again, meaning the exact same application must go to every school b/c it locks down.</p>
<p>No. I'm saying that there is an option that is enabled either before or after the initial sending to make a copy of your first application. This second copy acts as a completely different application; you can choose which schools you will send it to, which ones you will withold from, etc. Once you choose to submit either the first copy or the second copy, that particular copy gets locked down, as you have submitted it and cannot change anything as commonapp has already sent it to the schools which you chose. However, with the other copy, you can still alter the material and then choose to send it to entirely different colleges. You do not have to send the same application to all colleges as you are allowed to choose which colleges you want to send that specific application to. This holds true with the second or third copy that you make. If you wanted, with these copies, you could write completely new essays and change extracurriculers or whatever, the point is that you do NOT have to start over.</p>
<p>hm, alright, then how has it changed from years past?</p>
<p>fiftyfive, it is my understanding that is no longer the case. Once you send it to one school, you can not alter it at all. Is it possible, however, to set up a new account and write a new application or do they match it with your ss# or name and address?</p>
<p>I think it's actually tied to your email account so you could create another account.</p>