<p>What if there is a snow day on the day my daughter is supposed to take the SAT? Would the test center close or would it still be open no matter what? And how do I find out if the test center is closed? They usually don't announce school closings on saturdays. And what should we do if the test center is closed?</p>
<p>If the weather is really bad the test center will close. This hasn't happened here (yet!) but it has happened to the children of friends. If the weather is iffy, check the college board website before you venture out. Closings will be posted. They are usually posted that morning (Saturday), but I have seen them posted the day before (Friday) when there is a really bad storm. Usually after about a week a make up day is announced. It is usually a bit after the original scheduled date, but before the next scheduled date.</p>
<p>I hope this doesn't happen to you, but if it does, take heart, it is better to stay home and miss the test than risk life and limb on dangerous roads. The SAT is certainly not worth that!</p>
<p>Check with local news stations. The CollegeBoard website often lags far behind in posting the closings. Two years ago, cancellation of my son's SAT wasn't announced on local stations until literally the minute we would have had to leave the house. (And then they got it wrong. They announced the ACT was cancelled, not the SAT.) However, the local news outlets were more prompt than CollegeBoard, which didn't post the cancellation for his test location until the following day. </p>
<p>If I remember correctly, CollegeBoard sent my son a notice of the makeup test day. Be sure to check the location of the makeup test, though. Several students had their locations changed, although I don't know why. Furthermore, students taking the makeup test could not receive anything more than their basic score reports. I think his makeup test day was two or three weeks after the initially scheduled day.</p>
<p>One more bit of advice - your child's test day for purposes of sending test scores will be the day he was originally supposed to take the test, not the day he actually took the test. To prevent confusion with official score reports, when your child self-reports scores he should put the original test date, too. So my son reports January test results, although he actually took the exam in February.</p>