<p>I just recently found out that a lot of the colleges I want to apply to - including Yale, my dream school - do not participate in Score Choice. From what I understand, this means that I will have to submit all my SAT subject test scores. Last summer, I took the World History subject test with little preparation (just for kicks) and got a 690, but I figured that I just wouldn't send it to colleges. But now, it seems like I'll have to send it along with my other scores... Is this true? Since they only require 2/3 subject tests, though, doesn't that mean I can choose exactly which subject tests I want to send? I'm taking Math II and Chemistry this June, and those are the two I plan to send to colleges. Can someone please clarify this for me?</p>
<p>With standardized testing, there are two important factors: testing requirements and reporting policies. Depending on the school and what tests you have taken, these two things may be the same or they may be different.</p>
<p>While Y only ‘requires’ two Subject tests, their reporting policy states that you must send all scores:</p>
<p>[Standardized</a> Testing for Freshman Applicants | Yale College Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.yale.edu/standardized-testing]Standardized”>Standardized Testing Requirements & Policies | Yale College Undergraduate Admissions)</p>
<p>[Frequently</a> Asked Questions - Standardized Testing | Yale College Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.yale.edu/faq/standardized-testing]Frequently”>Standardized Testing | Yale College Undergraduate Admissions)</p>
<p>This is just for Y, go to the college websites for specifics on requirements and reporting policies.</p>
<p>I think even though you need to send it all, they will consider the highest.</p>
<p>Thank you both for your prompt responses! I was just about to ask if they would consider the highest of my scores.</p>
<p>Yale and other colleges that require subject tests require two for you to even be considered for admission. Yale and some of those other colleges (Penn and Cornell included; Yale, Penn and Cornell are the only ivies that require all scores) then have a separate rule that does not depend on that first one: you are required to submit scores for all SAT and all suject tests that you took. To determine exactly what a college’s rule is, you need to go to the college’s website and find its rules because the particular rules vary even for those that require “all scores,” e.g., Stanford requires all SAT and ACT scores but you can send whichever subject tests you want to send.</p>
<p>Also, you might have another rude awakening waiting for you. You need to check what your high school puts on your offical transcript that is sent to colleges (don’t just look at the one you get at the end of a semester because the one actually sent to colleges may provide more information than the one you get). Many high schools put all your test scores on that transcipt and thus your exercising score choice with the College Board for the SAT and subject tests may well accomplish nothing.</p>
<p>Most of those that require all subject tests will consider only the highest two.</p>