<p>So I'm most definitely going to be taking the SAT again on October and possibly again on November. </p>
<p>If I were to rush my scores after taking the October SAT, would I see my score before college board sends them? And how long after taking the test would the scores be sent because I'm really interested in applying early to some colleges and I'm not sure if they would be sent in time by the deadline date.</p>
<p>Quick question with redscarlett if you rush your sat score can you recieve it before the sat application deadline for applying to november sat ??? :D:D:D</p>
<p>that’s actually a really good question too… haha</p>
<p>Looked in collegeboards website but couldnt find the answer … Any clue redscarlett ??? :D:D:D</p>
<p>@redscarlett11, there is no reason to rush your scores. Many schools tell you NOT to rush your scores because for some reason they are sent to a different address. If colleges say they accept November scores, they accept November scores. </p>
<p>You probably won’t be able to see them beforehand though because by then it will already be late November/December. Just take advantage of the 4 free score reports that you have to use within a certain number of days of the test and use those to apply to your early schools and then wait to send your scores to your RD schools.</p>
<p>@realityisadream, rushing would only rush them to colleges, not yourself.</p>
<p>OHHHHHHHH thanks for the explanation that cleared a lot of things btw can I apply for SAT then change it to SAT subject tests if I like my score :D:D:D</p>
<p>Just so I’m clear: If my son is applying to an EA school in November and he takes his 4th and last SAT II in October, he should wait until he sees his score (I’m guessing 2 weeks after the October test date) to make sure it’s good enough, and then he should send all his scores (both SAT I and SAT II) to his EA school, is that correct? And, at that time, he should take advantage of the free scores and send scores to three other schools, correct? If he’s already sent all his scores to his top 4 schools, should he only send the new SAT II score or should he resend everything together? And in October, should he go ahead and send his scores to the rest of the schools or wait until November or December?</p>
<p>Thanks very much for the help.</p>
<p>I know UPenn ED wants you to rush November scores…</p>
<p>Some points:</p>
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<li><p>Almost all EA/ED colleges with Nov 1 app deadlines accept Oct scores regular delivery and you can wait to send them until after scores come out (but that will cost you a $10.50 fee per college). There are some exceptions. Michigan and UIUC state that you should use a free send to provide that October score because otherwise it may be too late for EA at those colleges.</p></li>
<li><p>Majority of EA/ED colleges even accept November scores for EA/ED, at least SAT subject test scores. But most say you should designate the college as one of your free sends to assure the Nov score arrives on time. You must check to determine which colleges accept Nov scores and which don’t, e.g., all ivies do, Stanford does not and requires all testing to be completed by Oct test for EA.</p></li>
<li><p>As to the testing agency actually sending scores, most everything today is electronic delivery. That mainly works by the college having a secured on-line account with the testing agency. When scores come out or are ordered sent, the only thing the testing agency actually has to do is stick the score into the particular on-line account. When the college actually receives it simply depends on how often it goes into its account and downloads scores and that varies among colleges from daily to weekly or even bi-weekly. As to how fast CB can stick a score into an account once it is ordered: (a) if you designate the college as a free send as part of the application, the score is usually transfered into the college’s account a couple of days before the score is even released to you on-line; that is why designating as a free send is actually the fastest delivery method; (b) if you order rush delivery after the score comes out, it can take one to two days to start processing that request depending on volume (which is heaviest right after scores come out), but it is given priority over regular delivery requests and is usually done within two or three days; (c) if you order regular delivery after a test comes out it can take anywhere from a couple days to a week or even a little longer to process the request and put the score in the applicable accounts. </p></li>
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<p>As noted in a post above, Upenn accepts Nov scores for ED but it states it wants them “rush” delivery. Most want you to designate the college as a free send. Reality is that is probably what you should do even for Penn because it is actually a faster delivery than a rush. Apparently, the rush rule at Penn was created by a bureaucrat who has no idea how CB actually works. On the other hand, there are a lot of colleges that state you should never do a rush delivery to them. They explain it by asserting the rush delivery can take longer than a regular delivery order because the rush delivery is via mail. That used to be true but a few years ago CB starting sending rush deliveries via the electronic delivery method used for the college for regular delivery. Nevertheless, rush deliveries are seldom needed. </p>
<p>CB asserts that you should allow four weeks for delivery. That warning was created long ago when everything was mail delivery and if it takes that long today via electronic, it usually means something has gone wrong. There are occassions when students are unable to verify their scores have arrived even three to four weeks after ordering them sent but the usual culprit in that situation is the college, which actually has your score but has just not matched it to your file yet.</p>
<p>Once you have sent scores to a college, you need not send the same scores again; thus if thereafter you get a new score you can just send it; however, there is no harm in sending all SAT and subject test scores again because the charge for doing so is the same for all scores as it is for one. Colleges don’t care one way or the other whether you send the same scores twice.</p>
<p>Drusba, I’m posting this a long time after you answered the SAT questions but just wanted to thank you for the most complete and concise SAT score explanation that I have ever found on CC…or anywhere else, for that matter! I wish I’d read this before I “rushed” some October scores. Would have saved some money. :-)</p>