Should I cancel?

Test Preparation
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<p>I took and bombed 3 subject tests yesterday, but I'm not sure if I should cancel my scores.</p>

<p>I looked on the website (SAT</a> Canceling Scores) and they say: "Once your request to cancel scores has been submitted, your scores cannot be reinstated and are not reported to you or your designated institutions."</p>

<p>But will my designated institutions see that I canceled the scores? Can colleges override CB like with score choice? I plan to retake them in October, but will it look weird if I submit a subject test that wasn't immediately after the related class?</p>

<p>Gah, I shouldn't have showed up at all...</p>

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<p>You don’t need to send your scores to colleges at all though, correct? And in that case, you might as well just see your scores so you can know what you need to improve on.</p>

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<p>Isn’t there still time to cancel sending to designated institutions? That way you can still see how you did without sending scores.</p>

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<p>itsjj,</p>

<p>It’s true that once CB receives the request to cancel your scores, they cannot be reinstated. However, even if you think you did badly on your Subject test scores, you can still wait to see what you made on your Subject tests, and if you don’t like your scores, you don’t have to report 'em. Score Choice lets you decide which Subject test scores you report. (For the whole scoop on Score Choice, check out this link -----> [SAT</a> Score Choice - A New Way To Report SAT Scores](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>Send SAT Scores to Colleges - SAT Suite | College Board) </p>

<p>And as far as the DIs go, they will never know what tests you’ve taken, what tests you’ve cancelled, and where you’ve used Score Choice. So, let’s assume you’re applying to some prestigious college, and they require ALL of your scores. Unless the university is, like, paying for the exams you take for some reason, or they’re able to somehow monitor your exam activity 24/7… they won’t really know how many scores to expect from you, so they wouldn’t really be able to determine if you’ve sent ALL of your scores to them. They pretty much have to take you at your word when you tell them you’ve sent them all of your scores. CB CAN NOT tell a university if you’ve used Score Choice or not. So, just talk to whatever universities you want to send your scores to and ask them what they require. If they say they want your highest scores, you could send them your highest scores only. It’s pretty much entirely up to you.</p>

<p>In other words, if a university asks for ALL of your scores… you could pretty much send them whatever you’re comfortable with, since the univeristy wouldn’t know better anyway. :smiley: :P</p>

<p>Unless, of course, you’re taking the tests through some program with the university, or they are independently keeping track of your exams somehow. </p>

<p>dancingmac,</p>

<p>You are correct, you don’t have to send your scores anywhere. :D</p>

<p>Secret Asian Man, </p>

<p>You are correct as well. You have up until 9 days after the date of the test (in this case, June 15) to take any univeristies off of your registration that you intended to send your scores to. Of course, your scores won’t be available by then; this feature is just so that you can send your scores, whatever they may be, to the university(ies) you have your heart set on in the fastest time possible. </p>

<p>Text from the website (on this page —> <a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools; </p>

<p>Q: Can I change my registration score sends?
A: Yes. To make changes to score recipients, visit My SAT. You can update your score recipients until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, **on the Monday one week after your scheduled test date. ***</p>

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<li>or, nine days after the date of the test. :)</li>
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<p>Here’s the link with the info about Score Choice and what scores are reported from the collegeboard.com website:</p>

<p>[Send</a> your scores to colleges and scholarship programs](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>Send SAT Scores to Colleges - SAT Suite | College Board)</p>

<p>There is text down at the bottom of the page that says: </p>

<p>Important notes:
Score Choice cannot be used with score reports ordered by mail.
**You cannot send separate scores for critical reading, mathematics, or writing sections.
Only score reports from completed and scored tests will be sent to the colleges and scholarship programs you select. Scores from future tests for which you registered, but have not yet completed, will not be included. Check your My SAT to see which scores are available to send. **Your scores are maintained on active file for one year after your high school graduation, or for one school year following your test date if you tested after high school. Please see Archived Scores for more information if you last tested before October 2002.
Go to Question & Answer Service or the Student Answer Service to learn more about ordering these services by mail. </p>

<p>Score Choice also applies to that bolded part. :D</p>

<p>Hope this helps, guys.</p>

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<p>Wow, thanks a lot! The “completed and scored” part is quite comforting haha. A few people have told me that colleges will see a “canceled” instead of a score.</p>

<p>I just realized a potential problem with score choice though: my school includes standardized test scores with the official transcript. Would score choice apply to what comes with the transcript?</p>

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<p>I just realized a potential problem with score choice though: my school includes standardized test scores with the official transcript. Would score choice apply to what comes with the transcript?</p>

<p>Well, the score reports that CB sends to high schools does indeed have all of your scores on it, regardless of what you send anywhere else. You may need to speak with an administrator at your high school to see if they will leave your SAT scores off of your transcript, since you want to use Score Choice. </p>

<p>Text on the CB website: For high schools: Scores from each administration at which the student took SAT Program tests are included, covering up to six dates for the SAT and an additional six dates for the SAT Subject Tests. All score-reporting options contain student-identifying information, current and previous test scores, percentiles, score ranges, and the most current responses to the SAT Questionnaire. </p>

<p>Web page: [SAT</a> - Individual Student Reports](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/sat-reasoning/scores/student-reports]SAT”>Educator SAT Score Reports – SAT Suite | College Board)</p>

<p>Wow, thanks a lot! The “completed and scored” part is quite comforting haha. A few people have told me that colleges will see a “canceled” instead of a score.</p>

<p>Yeah, and I can see how some may come to that conclusion.
Oh, and no problem! Happy to help! :smiley: :D</p>

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<p>Does score choice allow you to send only a portion of the subject tests that you take for one day? Say that I take 3 tests and I get my scores back, but I am only happy with 1 or 2 of them. Do I automatically send the 3rd because the tests occurred during the same day? Or since they are different tests, I can send any that I choose?</p>

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<p>dareallycoolguy0,</p>

<p>Score Choice does allow you to do so. If you take 3 Subject tests, you can choose to only send 1 or 2 of them (or all 3), regardless of test date. </p>

<p>Link: [SAT</a> Score Choice - A New Way To Report SAT Scores](<a href=“College Board - SAT, AP, College Search and Admission Tools”>Send SAT Scores to Colleges - SAT Suite | College Board)</p>

<p>Text from the web page: Score Choice gives you the option to choose which scores (by test date for the SAT **and by individual test for SAT Subject Tests™ **) you send to colleges—in accordance with an institution’s stated score-use practice. You can choose scores from one, several, or all SAT test dates.</p>

<p>Feel free to pick whichever Subject test scores you want to send. :)</p>

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<p>^Okay, thanks JPHollywood. Now I don’t have to worry about the math II test that I bombed.</p>

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<p>*^Okay, thanks JPHollywood. Now I don’t have to worry about the math II test that I bombed. *</p>

<p>No problem! Anytime. :D</p>