New testing requirements

Test Preparation
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<p>So i just read from pomona's admission website that they'll be requiring ALL test scores from either SAT or ACT. It also mentions:</p>

<p>Since the vast majority of colleges and universities (Pomona included) automatically select the highest individual scores for consideration, it is possible students would in selecting the best three scores for consideration leave on the sidelines a stronger score in one of the Critical Reading, Math or Writing tests than will be selected for presentation.</p>

<p>^^^^
Does that mean that WE, students, can choose best 3 scores for them to look at? I'm so confused! please help!</p>

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<p>No; I think they’re just trying to show you that sending all your scores can sometimes be beneficial.</p>

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<p>I think Pomona’s new requirement is unambiguous. You need to send in every SAT I, SAT II, and ACT score, from every time you’ve ever taken any of those tests. Period. Paragraph. Here’s the policy in full:</p>

<p>[Testing</a> Requirements](<a href=“http://www.pomona.edu/admissions/applying/testingreportingpolicy.asp]Testing”>http://www.pomona.edu/admissions/applying/testingreportingpolicy.asp)</p>

<p>The reference to “best three scores” is clearly a reference to what some students submitted under Pomona’s previous policy, which would have allowed students to decide which scores to submit. All they’re saying is that some students might have elected to submit only their best ACT composite score, for example, and not send in another ACT score that had a lower composite but a higher subscore for one of the sections. They’re promising to consider only the highest total scores and highest subscores. Believe them or not. But it’s clear they now want to see all your scores.</p>

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<p>does anyone know how they’re going to be regulating this?</p>

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<p>I don’t know how they’ll regulate. But my D (a HS junior) says that every time she takes an SAT I or II or an ACT, she’s deluged with a fresh batch of e-mail from colleges. If that’s right, then I suspect it means the colleges are buying names and e-mail addresses of kids who take those tests on specified dates. So if the colleges have this data and if they’re smart (and there’s probably good reason to think they will be), they can match up your recorded test dates with the test scores you report. And if there’s a mismatch, bingo, reason enough to reject you, not only because it means you’re lying on your test dates & scores, but also because it suggests you could be lying on other parts of your application as well. You’re toast. If they say they want all your test scores, I wouldn’t lie about it.</p>

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<p>mmm good point. well, there’s goes my money.</p>