<p>I'm trying to wrap my arms around the new SAT "score choice" reporting and how it will impact applications. As of now, I think there is no consistency with schools, some use the "score choice", some still use the "superscore" method. My gut instict tells me that if my S plans on applying to even ONE school that still superscores, meaning all his scores will be sent, he still will only be able to take the test a max of 3x. In the end, he will still abide by the old rules - making the "score choice" reporting method seem useless.</p>
<p>I have friends with kids that graduated in 2010 and were told to completely ignore the score choice option because not enough schools used it. My older son graduated in 09, so this wasn't an issue. </p>
<p>I will definately check with our GC but wanted to get some thoughts from parents on CC - always an informative bunch!</p>
<p>P.S. Just curious - when are your kids taking the SAT/ACT?</p>
<p>You can superscore AND use “score choice” for some schools. “Score choice” means you opt not to send all of your scores. It does not mean you can only send one score. My DD’12 is taking the October 9 SAT. That will give her plenty of opportunities to retake if she needs to. I would expect her to take it at least twice. There is nothing wrong with waiting until the spring, but my DD has four AP exams and three SAT IIs. I do not want her worrying about the SAT in May or June.</p>
<p>There is no consistency. And I expect the reporting policies of both CB and schools to change. Remember that score choice means you pick the dates but not the sections.
But really, three times should be more than enough. There is more to high school than swotting the SATs.</p>
<p>With the ACT and SAT in such a heated competition these days they will both probably keep changing different aspects. The SAT added score choice back as an option in response to the big increase in students taking the ACT that has always offered score choice. Some schools (but not many right now) are allowing super-scoring on the ACT, but I think we will see more and more schools allow it in the future.</p>
<p>Now that the “new” SAT has been out 5 years, more and more colleges have statistics on the writing section of the SAT and are factoring it in along with critical reading and math.</p>
<p>This summer it was announced by the College Board that there would no longer be a guessing penalty on the AP exams so will the SAT follow suit in the future since there is no guessing penalty on the ACT?</p>
<p>These days many schools are recommending that students take both the SAT and ACT, so taking either or both more than 3 times is a huge investment of time and money.</p>
<p>Schools that previously superscored the SAT (most privates, only minority of publics) still do so even if they accept score choice. Thus, you can send more than one but not others to those and still have the benefit of superscoring. Where score choice has really become endless confusion is for those schools that reject and adopted an “all scores” policy. What is meant by “all scores” differs from college to college and often even their stated policy is unclear. Some require all SAT and SAT II scores, some require all SAT but you can choose which SAT IIs, some that require all SATs but require only one ACT if you choose to send it, some require all SAT and ACTs, some require official scores for all ACTs and others one official and then self-report others on application. There are other variations. Some that College Board lists as having an all scores policy don’t either because they never adopted it or have since dropped it. None say what happens to you if you don’t send all scores. It is sim,ply an area of mass confusion.</p>