Lying by Hiding Scores from Yale (& other non-score choice schools)

Colleges & Universities A-Z Yale University
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<p>Is there a way to anonymously tip the admissions office of students who are being dishonest on their applications and using score choice to conceal low scores/many retakes to colleges like Yale who don't allow this?</p>

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<p>…Call the admissions office about this? I’m assuming that it’d be pretty anonymous, given the fact that you don’t have to say who you are when you call.</p>

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<p>Call from a payphone using a voice scrambler I guess. But really I don’t think the admissions office has the time to investigate unsubstantiated anonymous tips and I don’t think they have the power to see scores other than the ones sent.</p>

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<p>If you do score choice on say collegeboard, doesnt collegeboard automatically tell the college? Because when you send scores from collegeboard, it has a record of which schools want all the scores and comes up with a warning sign when you unclick one score</p>

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<p>Why would you? Supposedly they only use your highest scores anyway, but if they find out you did hide scores…</p>

<p>Maybe this is just wishful thinking though, because I sent all my scores, including the bad ones.</p>

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<p>I wasnt hiding my scores; I sent in all of my ACT testing dates and scores. I was using collegeboard for the subject tests.</p>

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<p>No, the college board does not tell schools when you use score choice. The OP is effectively out of luck - there’s no way Yale could substantiate such a tip, and it’s doubtful they would go to the trouble of trying to prove it given the lack of hard evidence.</p>

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<p>Ugh that sucks. I took the SAT 3 times. The first two times I was sick, but I didn’t research enough on how cancelling scores could be effective, so I just stuck with the scores. The third time was much better, and surprise I did much better. But I still sent in all 3 scores :frowning: Don’t know if that was the smartest move but I believe in karma, so meh.</p>

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<p>If I want to send my ACT scores and the Subject Tests only, do I need to send my previous SAT Scores since I am already sending the Subject Tests?</p>

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<p>^Yes, please read the last sentence in FAQ #6:</p>

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