<p>I'm an American abroad (all my life so far) in Europe and I want to go to college in the US next year, therefore I'm taking the SATs this year. Since I'm doing this all by myself and I don't have any counselors or courses to ask stuff, I'm always unsure about some things... so I'm hoping maybe some of you folks can help me out?!</p>
<p>Do I HAVE to select Score Recipients prior to taking the SATs?
Does it matter if I sent the scores to a school <em>before</em> applying?
If I take the SATs a second time and then send the scores, will the scores from the first test be send too? </p>
<p>1) No, you don't have to select score recipients. The advantage of doing so is that those 4 recipients get the scores for no additional fee. If you don't use those reports, you will have to pay later to have them sent (unless you send them using a subsequent test - see below). The disadvantage of doing so is that you don't get to see the scores first.</p>
<p>2) No, it doesn't matter. Most schools have a system for keeping scores until a student applies and then matching them up to the student's application.</p>
<p>3) Yes. All prior scores are sent; there is no score choice. This applies to both SAT I and SAT IIs. However, future scores are not sent automatically. So let's say you send your scores on the first test, using one of your 4 reports, to School A. You then take the SAT again and send the scores to School B. School B will get your first scores, but School A will not get your second scores. You must specifically send your second scores to School A again, which will then have your first scores twice. (But don't worry; they'll know that the first scores are a repeat.)</p>