<p>I am scheduled to take the SAT Reasoning Test this Saturday, Nov. 3, however, I was unable to upload a photo onto my admission ticket. I am a bit confused because when I was registering it said that I must upload a photo,but I decided to skip that part because I didn't have a picture at the moment and I thought it would've let me upload one later. I wasn't able to upload a picture, but when I'm ready to print my admission ticket it says that pictures aren't required until tests for next year. So, will they not let me take the test for not having a picture, or are they required until next year?</p>
<p>I’m also taking 3 Subject Tests on Dec.1. Will I need a picture for those?</p>
<p>They’ll let you take the test as long as you bring your ticket and your ID card. A few of my friends didn’t have pictures on their ticket and they were still allowed into the testing center for the SAT.</p>
<p>I’m a parent who just tried to resister my D for the SAT in March and saw this photo requirement. I feel it’s an invasion of privacy of minors and am not willing to do it. I understand that this must be an anti-cheating measure, but heck, it would be just as easy to upload a picture of whoever is going to go in in place of the student and cheat! Does anyone know when the photo requirement goes into strict enforcement?</p>
<p>I wrote a complaint to College Board, who takes way too much of my $ anyway, for AP’s, SAT, etc. Quite a few of the schools D is considering are test optional anyhow, so maybe we’ll just bag the whole thing!</p>
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>Starting with the March 2013 administration of the SAT, a photo will be required during registration to take the test. For administrations prior to March 2013, the test taker is requested to upload a photo, but this step can be skipped. This is due to several cheating scandals. </p>
<p>The photo will also be printed on the test site roster and can be checked against the photo ID a student provides at the test center. In addition, that photo will be attached to a student’s scores as they are reported to high schools and colleges.</p>
<p>Other changes include checking student IDs more frequently at test centers.</p>
<p>Test-takers will be required to present both their photo admission ticket and an acceptable form of photo ID:</p>
<pre><code>* Upon entry to test center
- Upon entry to their test room
- Upon reentry to their test room following breaks
- Upon collection of their answer sheet
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<p>You cannot change your photo after registration, but can change the photo from administration to administration, if you have a change in physical appearance (for example, you shaved your facial hair and did not before, got your hair cut differently, etc.) It is very important that your photo and appearance match on test day, and also look similar to the photo ID you bring (government issued or official school issued). If there is a discrepancy, you will not be allowed to test.</p>
<p>Test-takers will also be required to sign a more comprehensive certification statement on the SAT answer sheet:</p>
<pre><code>* Attesting to the accuracy of the information provided on their admission ticket and answer sheet
- Agreeing to comply with all test security and fairness policies
- Acknowledging that engaging in impersonation could result in referral to law enforcement and prosecution
</code></pre>
<p>If you have any more questions, let me know.</p>
<p>Best regards</p>
<p>Thanks for all the replies. I too think this whole photo requirement is redundant. It is a waste of time and it just complicates the whole registration process.</p>
<p>it is not required until march</p>
<p>Is there any beneficial purpose of uploading a photo or is it it just to verify peoples’ identities?</p>
<p>Verifying people’s identities is the benefit…</p>
<p>…which is completely ridiculous. For example, if someone hires a ringer to take the test in place of the student, just take the photo of the ringer and send it in! It’s so easy to fake ID’s. People who want to cheat are still going to find a way to cheat. For us honest people, this is an invasion of privacy having to submit our children’s photo in order for them to take a test.</p>
<p>And, my African American friend about went berserk when I told her about this new photo requirement. She says hair style alone will be an issue if her daughter is supposed to match her previously submitted photo on test day. Not to mention that skin tone appears different shades in different photos. For our part, my daughter looks ethnically ambiguous and has been mistaken for Asian, Middle Eastern, Indian and Hispanic. We are none of those things! Sure she looks like her photo – some of the time! As my friend said, College Board is setting themselves up for a big law suit if they feel they can go ahead and reject test takers on test day just because they feel they don’t match their photo. On our part, I wish we had known this requirement was in the works, because D may have chosen to take the test before March. As it is she plans to skip it entirely and apply to the growing numbers of test optional schools. Simply a ridiculous invasion of privacy of a minor. Not doing it!</p>
<p>it’s not required Jan 26th test.</p>
<p>The only reason it concerns me is that your photograph is included when you send your score report to colleges.</p>
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<p>The security will primarily come from the fact that high schools will receive scores along with the submitted photos; if a score is questioned, a comparison can be made.</p>
<p>I also do not understand why you think this is an invasion of privacy, unless you believe the CB will use these pictures for secretive and nefarious purposes other than security.</p>
<p>^ The reason people question the photo requirement as an invasion of privacy is because the picture will be available to colleges to view when you send your SAT score report. According to CB, the colleges have access to a database to view official scores, and they can also view an applicant’s photo via this database.</p>
<p>I am not comfortable giving out pix of my children to large organizations of any kind. Why should we be required to do this?</p>
<p>And YES these photos do go to colleges and could be used by admissions committees to select or reject particular types of students. With the photos available, students may no longer be judged on their merits alone, but their appearance could play a role. This is not acceptable to me.</p>
<p>^I think you’re extrapolating quite a bit…</p>
<p>A note -my understanding is that the photo registration also goes back to the student’s school. So they can tell if the photo is of the actual student, or a fake. It’s another anti-cheating device.</p>
<p>I do know that MIT, for instance, doesn’t retain applicant files once the waiting list closes. So the student who chooses not to attend (or is not admitted) won’t be in the system for long. So no privacy issues in the long term.</p>