<p>The system that is being followed by the colleges and ETS for reporting SAT scores is ridiculous. Applicants need to send the "official" score report to each college directly from ETS (Of course, there is a modest fee of either $10 or $20 involved).
My question - is there any point to this system? Why not ask the students to fill in the scores themselves in the application form?
I agree, some colleges may want further information (like percentile, essay, etc.); if that is the case then simply ask the students to print out a report and send it themselves! It certainly will not cost $20.
Finally the student can send the official test report to the one college he/she will be attending (for the purpose of verification).</p>
<p>They need the official report sent directly from the testing agency so that they know that the scores are entirely correct. A student could easily lie, either putting down false test scores or creating their own "official test report" to send in. Don't think that some students wouldn't stoop that low; I can believe it. It's a necessary security measure against cheating.</p>
<p>Unfortunately,some students are dishonest and will alter their test scores. That is why colleges require official test scores.</p>
<p>I agree with the OP. It should be sufficient to send an official score report to the school one is going to attend instead of to all schools one applies to.</p>
<p>I think it's necessary to prevent cheating but sometimes wonder whether a $10 SAT fee + $60 application + etc. doesn't become a fortune in and of itself (before even being admitted!).</p>
<p>^^ seriously. I'd feel pretty bad spending all that money on applications and score reports, only to be rejected...</p>
<p>Don't forget that the first 4 score reports are free as long as you tell College Board when registering which schools you want the scores sent to.</p>
<p>Most kids across the country are not applying to 8-10+ schools. It just seems that way if you post on CC.</p>
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They need the official report sent directly from the testing agency so that they know that the scores are entirely correct. A student could easily lie, either putting down false test scores or creating their own "official test report" to send in. Don't think that some students wouldn't stoop that low; I can believe it. It's a necessary security measure against cheating.
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Unfortunately,some students are dishonest and will alter their test scores. That is why colleges require official test scores.
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I think it's necessary to prevent cheating but sometimes wonder whether a $10 SAT fee + $60 application + etc. doesn't become a fortune in and of itself (before even being admitted!).
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<p>I have already addressed this issue in my opening post - the student still has to send the official score report to the college he/she will be attending.</p>
<p>I wish that your SAT scores could just be placed on your high school transcript, that way, you just have to send your transcript in the schools you are applying to-</p>
<p>The official score reports used to be placed on our transcripts but I noticed this year that they are no longer there. It makes since because your transcript sent from the school is an official document. However, since most colleges use SAT/SAT II/and ACT for admittance, they need to be sent during app time. However, I do agree that is a profitable deal for the college board even if the first 4 reports are free.</p>
<p>The one disadvantage I see in self-reporting scores (even though you would still have to send the official report in the end) would be that I could imagine that a lot of kids start applying to several schools with faked scores just to see if they would have been accepted with that scores ("I would have gotten into Princeton with a perfect SAT!!!!!")</p>
<p>I don't think that situation would arise. Schools would get a terribly bad rep if their students messed around like that so they would strongly discourage students from doing so.</p>
<p>College board charge me the shipping but not for the score itself and then they didn't send the score. So i was down $26 and my scores ended up being over a month late</p>
<p>Even though the first 4 score reports are free, you can only choose the colleges that get the score reports right after (like 1-2 week period) taking the test and before you get your results. Taking the SAT as a junior will give you a disadvantage because if you don't like your score, you want to retake it before sending it, right? However, if you end up being satisfied with your score, you pay about $10 for each score report for each application, etc. which eventually adds up!</p>
<p>the cost of sending test scores is pretty ridiculous, particularly if you are applying to more than four colleges (since those first four are free). I sent my ACT's and SAT's to every school I applied to (duke, washu, northwestern, u of iowa, iowa state) except grinnell; i only sent my SAT's to them. I went online however, and through their pioneer web service i discovered they had accepted the ACT scores my high school printed on my transcript as official. This seems like a very good practice; I wonder why more schools don't do that.</p>
<p>well, college is an industry in and of itself… collegeboard is making bank off of it.</p>
<p>You do know this thread is from 2007 right?</p>