<p>so i applied ED, but when sending my scores i used score choice to exclude my 1st SAT which i took when i was sick (the score was morbidly low).
can columbia adcoms see that i used score choice and reject me automatically?
or is there possibly still some hope left?</p>
<p>As far as I know, they won’t know.</p>
<p>How low is morbidly low?</p>
<p>well oct 2009 (1st time)
i was at 1950 (not bad i guess, but for columbia…)
but the retake in january was a 2270, and then once more after got me a combined 2330.
im just worried- my guidance counselor forgot to mention against the use of score choice.</p>
<p>I think you will be fine. 1950 is not that bad of an SAT.</p>
<p>Doesn’t collegeboard warn you that you’re going against a school’s policy when sending scores like that? I know at the very least they say check each school’s policy at link x, then pick which scores to send.</p>
<p>Well, yeah, but i remember reading a similar thread a while ago that says even though you shouldn’t do score choice with a college that wants all scores, it is up to you if you want to. However, that means taking a risk, in which, a college could call collegeboard and demand to see all scores, to see if you were lying.</p>
<p>Wow, talk about being unethical.</p>
<p>I’m just saying. I didn’t do it myself, but some people are like that.</p>
<p>I suggest you notify Columbia IMMEDIATELY of your mistake. There is no Score Choice at Columbia. If they are aware of your omission, I assume they will reject you. If they find out about your omission after they accept you, I assume they will rescind the acceptance. You can fix this by coming clean and explaining to Columbia the communication problem with your counselor. Your scores (including the low one, given your later upward progression) are fine. If you do nothing, you are at risk.</p>
<p>^ Agree, but do not claim it was a “communication problem with your counselor”. You, as the applicant, are responsible for knowing and following the specific requirements of the school - that is not the job of your counselor, who is in charge of hundreds of students and can’t possibly be expected to remember every little detail. I think telling them that you made an honest (?) mistake and that you will correct it immediately would reflect more positively on your character.</p>
<p>I agree. You should notify Columbia immediately of what you have done. Otherwise, you’ll be screwing yourself up.</p>
<p>It’s kind of funny. When I sent my SAT II scores to Columbia, I got a nice little receipt that said “some of your scores will reach Columbia” [emphasis added]. Obviously that language was terribly ambiguous. So I gave Collegeboard a call, and the advice they gave me was literally: don’t worry about it. As long as the receipt listed all my scores, I should be good, they said. </p>
<p>“Columbia would have no idea you used score choice, anyway. Even if they specifically asked you not to use it. They wouldn’t ever find out.”</p>
<p>ok…what is better, call or email?</p>
<p>Call them(?)</p>
<p>guys!! what if i didnt self report all my scores, but i did sent score reports of ALL my scores to columbia???</p>
<p>I don’t think that really matters. You did send them ALL the official score reports you said. So, it should be fine.</p>
<p>I agree with @pbr.</p>
<p>For one thing, it’s unethical to hide the score when other applicants are disclosing all scores as required by Columbia.</p>
<p>And even purely looking at risk vs. reward, you have nothing to gain by hiding the score. The reward is low; the 1950 does very little damage to your application. Yet the risk is very high. @pbr is absolutely right about the consequences of hiding the score.</p>
<p>Besides, you have no guarantees that Columbia’s admissions office won’t read this. You’ve already stated publicly (albeit using a pseudonym) that you’re an ED applicant who got a 2270 on the January 2010 SAT and a 2330 on some SAT test date subsequent to that. That alone might be unique among the current batch of ED applicants.</p>
<p>Remember, it will take some time for the College Board to send the missing score to Columbia. And that score might need to arrive before your file is considered.</p>
<p>If Columbia called up the College Board and demanded to know all your scores/how many times you took the SAT, I don’t think College Board can tell them. Aren’t they legally bound or something?</p>
<p>I read on some other thread that a college could potentially call your high school and ask for your scores from there - apparently your school doesn’t have any legal obligations to fill regarding your privacy.</p>
<p>^No high school college counselor is going to withhold information requested by Columbia. To do so would ensure that no future applicant from that high school will be admitted by Columbia.</p>
<p>On a different note, what happened to integrity?</p>
<p>There are too many applicants to do this check on each one, I’m guessing they would only check if there were flags</p>