<p>So, since I plan on sending in official reports, is it necessary to fill out the standardized testing section of the online common app?</p>
<p>Fill it out anyways. I’m not entirely sure whether it’s necessary, but why don’t you want to fill out?</p>
<p>Well, official score reports for the SAT and ACT are required, but there’s still a section for you to list them, so… why not?</p>
<p>As for APs, you can waste some money and send official score reports but it won’t be necessary and won’t get you in or keep you out.</p>
<p>For whatever it’s worth, my son followed his school counselor’s advice not to fill out the self-report section of the Common App, and in the end he was very happy with his college application outcomes. </p>
<p>I was never entirely sure about the rationale behind this particular recommendation, but it appeared to have something to do with maximizing flexibility. In the end, I suppose that what really matters is that each institution to which you’re applying receive official test score report(s) that fulfill its requirements.</p>
<p>I suppose filling them out doesn’t hurt, but official reports do the same job, right?</p>
<p>^ Yes, they do the same thing (i.e., score reporting). Official reports are required (except for AP scores). But surely almost every applicant fills out the section themselves as well. I don’t see any benefit in not doing so, and it could appear odd.</p>
<p>Why are you eager to omit the category?</p>
<p>^ Yeah… I mean, I don’t really see what the issue is.</p>
<p>Either way, I think the logic behind the self-reporting is to ensure colleges have something to work with if your score reports will come late. If you take the November test date of the SAT, your scores won’t reach the college until close to the end of November, and (assuming you’ve taken the SAT at some point before), they’ll at least have self-reported scores to consider before your official report arrives. If they waited for all applicants’ official reports to come in, they’d be making a lot of last minute decisions…</p>
<p>Nah, my scores are good. I filled out the ACT part already. I should have clarified that I was planning to send SAT II scores too, so I’m not sure I need the SAT I part, except for like Yale.</p>
<p>^ You don’t need to send the SAT for Yale either.</p>
<p>Well, what about SAT II’s? Yale wants the whole thing…</p>
<p>^ Here’s what Sally Rubenstone said about this recently:</p>
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<p>^Exactly. That’s sorta my dilemma now. I have a few 800 SAT IIs that I would like to send, but then again, my SAT I is close but isn’t as good as my 35 ACT…</p>
<p>^ I don’t see the dilemma.</p>
<p>Hm…so you’re saying send everything?</p>
<p>^ I’m saying that you don’t have to send or report your SAT score. But doing so is not problematic either.</p>
<p>Ahh, I guess I’ll just send ACTs then…</p>
<p>Oh and off topic question…how the hell do you rack up 9k+ posts O_o. And how long do you spend on CC a day? Haha</p>
<p>For whatever it’s worth, Communist, my son faced a very similar dilemma. He ended up sending only his ACTs (like yours, a 35 composite), and he did fine.</p>
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<p>No comment. :)</p>
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<p>I’d actually advise doing the opposite and sending all SAT & ACT scores. The lower SAT isn’t going to detract from your ACT and SAT IIs in the 800s will add positively to your application.</p>