<p>Hello, so I am applying to some schools and some of them require ALL score reports while some of them only require the ones I decide to send.</p>
<p>What the hell do I do? If I have taken 3 ACT tests and would only prefer to send 2 to some schools, would I do the following?</p>
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<li>Report 2 Scores on the ACT</li>
<li>For the colleges that require all the scores, just send in the ACT Score report from actstudent website</li>
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<p>What do I do?
Thank you in advance</p>
<p>I’m just another senior in the same boat of college app like you are but it is my understanding that even if you report them on the common app you still must send an official report from ACT to the schools. But check on that. At my school my college counselor told me not to put any scores on my common app and just send them separately. I suggests that you send the 2 that you like to the school that don’t require all of them and just send all of them to the school that require all of them. The only catch is it costs $12 per score so if you send all three that $36. It can really add up if your applying to several schools. </p>
<p>I thought we are required to report scores on the Common App?</p>
<p>So basically my plan was to fill out the 2 main scores I wish to send for ACT on the common app
After that, I will file the report from the official ACT score site for those 2 scores as well</p>
<p>And then, for those colleges that require all the scores, I was going to just send in 3 official act score reports instead of just 2 if that makes sense.</p>
<p>Is this what I should be doing?</p>
<p>No, reporting scores is optional on common app. However, you must send official score reports directly from ACT to colleges.</p>
<p>Then how will colleges that require all the tests know that I ACTUALLY sent them all my test scores ?</p>
<p>Like… Would Colleges that require all the scores (Such as UPENN) actually know if i have taken SAT and ACT, if I am only trying to send in my ACT scores because my SAT (2110) is kind of low comapared to my ACT composite (34)?</p>
<p>Also to add to my last comment, I am trying to send in my ACT writing and SAT Subject tests only.
Will they know if I leave out the SAT I Test ?</p>
<p>buump</p>
<p>Did you ever take the SAT I</p>
<p>I honestly don’t think that they’re going to take the time and check if you’ve sent all your scores but it would be in your best interest to be honest. If they in any way suspect or find out that you haven’t done what they required they will just toss out your app and not read it. </p>
<p>I’ve noticed that some schools (Yale) word it like this “You must report the scores of all of the SATs and SAT Subject Tests or all of the ACTs and ACT Writing Tests that you’ve taken. If you choose to fulfill the requirement with SAT scores, then it’s not necessary to send any scores from the ACT, even if you’ve taken the ACT. If you choose to fulfill the requirement using the ACT, then you don’t need to send us any SAT scores unless you wish to do so. Whichever type of test you choose, you must report all your scores from every time you’ve taken that type of test. And if you choose to use a combination of SAT and ACT test results, you must report all scores from both agencies.”</p>
<p>Okay then I guess I will just send in all my scores.</p>
<p>Then this brings up another question, I got a 640 on one of my subject test (Have taken it only once).</p>
<p>If I retake it and get a significantly better score on January one, will that hurt me significantly? </p>
<p>It depends on the schools you’re sending them to. It might not hurt you significantly at some schools but it will probably hurt a little at schools like Yale where most of the competitive students have SAT II greater than 750. Now I’m not saying that you couldn’t be competitive there with the score you have now but it isn’t doing you any favors. I suggest taking it again to see if you can get it up at least to a 700</p>
<p>Yes, I mean I’m pretty sure I will get at least 700 + if I actually study for the physics</p>
<p>But I am wondering for schools like Cornell that requires all the scores to be sent</p>
<p>will it hurt if I send them the 640 one for now and send them another 700 + one in january? </p>
<p>Like, will they throw me out if they see the low score so even when I get a better score it is too late by then?</p>
<p>There is no way that an improved score will hurt your application in any way. </p>
<p>like what @sweetcornundrum said an improved score will not hurt you. It would be better for you to take it again and do better as opposed to just sending them the 640. If you do better in January send them the better score</p>