<p>Just read a post from a consulting firm stating that college board advised that this year students will not know the results of the October SAT until after the EA/ED deadline of Nov 1. It affects those students that want to see the results before deciding which school to apply to EA/ED. </p>
<p>Just thought I would pass it on.</p>
<p>what about the nov SAT?
when do the results come out?</p>
<p>If nov is the same, that's one less college I'm applying to..</p>
<p>oh come on.. can anyone else confirm this? don't most colleges, particularly those with ed deadlines, allow the october "test date" as the last, usable examination regardless of the time results are distributed? i know most colleges with applications deadlines of the first of december, for example, accept the december test date SAT (which is, indeed, the second)</p>
<p>Some colleges will accept November as the last EA/ED test date, even though it is obvious that the tests are not held until even after the deadline.</p>
<p>They'll be on the 'lookout' for your scores as long as you report having taken them on October or November.</p>
<p>Although I would personally contact admissions from the college you're worried about to get things straight. I know I am, I've got my undies in a bunch worrying about how to approach my last SAT IIs and SAT retake for EA.</p>
<p>it doesnt matter. I mean they dont really look at your application like november first. It takes a couple weeks to get through it... im sure it will arrive in time</p>
<p>Most colleges I have spoken to have stated that the Oct. and Nov. dates are fine for ED or EA. The only problem is for those students that wanted to actually know their scores before deciding to send them or in order to decide if they were going to apply EA or ED. The firm that sent out this notice advised people to call collegeboard and complain. I am just passing the info on.</p>
<p>it's all because of that f uck up the collegeboard had during last year's october test.. now they hold it a week longer.. we have bad luck</p>
<p>yup, that is what I heard too.</p>
<p>what is the collegeboard doing with that extra week? Taking more time to check the tests? Maybe more precautions to get the most accurate results. Which is a good thing.</p>
<p>theworld - good point, but there's been a system set up, where you find out the scores then send out your apps, and now CB has changed its dates, but the whole system is not just going to change for it</p>
<p>CollegeBoard currently has the date set for the availablity of October SAT scores at October 24th. I think it is likely they are going to change it to a revised date of around November 2nd, but may not do so until after the October SAT is already taken and students are awaiting results. If you look at the College Board chart where they post the dates when score are available, you will see that the 24th is only about 16 days after the exam, while for all other exams after the October 2005 score error, the date the scores were released by telephone was three weeks later. I think it is likely that College Board will indicate the date is October 24th on their website to lessen any complaints, but will change it in October after the SAT is given and indicated that the scores will be available on November 2nd, and say that they want to ensure that they did not have a repeat of the error in 2005.
There will unfortuntately be a large number of students that will be greatly disappointed if they do this, as many are waiting for their results on the October exam to decide if their scores improved enough for them to apply to a particular school early.
The only way for this to be ensured is if College Board were to release a statement that they promise that the October scores would definitely be available before the November 1st postmark date for early decision or single choice early action. I don't think they will do this. They will say that availability of the scores will not affect those who apply early as colleges will accept them even if they come a little after the November 1st deadline. Of course this wont help those who wanted to know how they did before they put their applications in. Perhaps if CollegeBoard got enough calls from concerned test takers they might be willing to make this statement. Those in this category should try to contact them.</p>