<p>When signing up for the SAT IIs, should you provide your SSN? If you do, do you need to provide it at the test also? What if you didn't provide it on your AP test? Are they connected in any way?</p>
<p>bump... 10char</p>
<p>You don't have to provide you SSN for either test...it just makes it easier for the College Board to identify you, I think.</p>
<p>It isn't a big deal if you didn't provide it.</p>
<p>never ever ever give out your social security # unless it is ABSOLUTELY necessary. so if it is optional leave it off. you dont want this number floating around anywhere unnecessary</p>
<p>I've never allowed my kids to give out their SSNs. But college applications request them, so are we obliged to provide them at that point? Are there alternatives?</p>
<p>Don't believe me on this, as we are a ways away from college applications, but I believe you will need to provide if you want financial aid.</p>
<p>Everyone asks for SSN these days.. When my kids applied to private secondary schools they asked for it, and I was torn because I didn't want to be seen as standing out as a troublemaker. I did call and ask if there would be any disadvantage to not provide it, and they said it was fine. We were not applying for financial aid. </p>
<p>I would love to hear a definitive answer on the college board "requirement"</p>
<p>Using an SSN makes it easy for the college to match CB test reports with the proper application file. [Think about all the common names out there, in all races and ethnicities at the same high school.]</p>
<p>jackie: I did the same with private secondary school apps. We also didn't provide the SSN to the college board, and I'm not anticipating any problem. One college application I browsed recently asked for the SSN, and asked whether the College Board test scores were reported under that SSN. Guess we'll just answer "no" and see what happens. I assume we need to provide the SSN to any college where we apply for financial aid, but I wish we didn't have to.</p>
<p>oops. I gave my SSN to collegeboard AND apcentral...wow</p>
<p>It doesn't really matter. If you can't trust CB or the college you're applying to with your SSN then their are bigger issues at stake. I don't put my SSN on CB just to save time. On my college apps though, I'm putting it.</p>
<p>A lot of those agencies ask for it if for no other reason than to make absolutely sure that you're a valid US citizen (though colleges also ask if you're an immigrant).</p>
<p>We had problems with both ACT and AP's because of SS#'s for my Freshman son when he was applying last year. On his AP his SS# became transposed, and he ended up with two separate files for soph/jr and sr. years. When they were sending to his university, we couldn't figure out why he wasn't getting all his AP grades. With ACT, he took it twice. He used his SS# first time and second time. However, for some reason (an ACT says it happens all the time ... when I called), they still assigned his second test an ACT ID instead of the SS#. This was a mess when I figured out it was happening. We had to call all the admissions offices and have them manually combine files ... which you are never sure really happened or not. ACT told us that SS# was the best route to avoid this ... as kids can end up with multiple ACT ID's any other way. And YET, even with his SS# he got fouled up.</p>
<p>zebes</p>