The New SAT Score Policy: Tiny Loophole, Big Shock? (Newsweek article)

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<p>Actually, it was only six years ago; Score Choice was alive and well in the halls of CB from 1993-2002.</p>

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<p>Good luck with that – CB obviously disagrees, as does Fitzsimmons at Harvard.</p>

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<p>xiggi and bluebayou, I understand the arguments about if score choice is useful or valid etc. My question was about this quote by xiggi in post 215 (I am quoting more this time)</p>

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<p>From reading this page [Score</a> Choice - New SAT Score-Reporting Policy](<a href=“http://professionals.collegeboard.com/testing/sat-reasoning/scores/policy]Score”>Send SAT Scores to Colleges - SAT Suite | College Board) I don’t see anything changed recently in regards to SAT IIs. So my question in post was to ask for clarification on the quote by xiggi above. Bluebayou offered a reason for the elimination in post 217, which I understand, but I have not seen a reference that there is a recent change in regards to SAT IIs. </p>

<p>So I’ll ask a different way. xiggi is your quote above a general comment about score choice or a reference to some new development from the collegeboard? I’m not asking about what colleges ask to receive, just if there has been any change in the handling of SAT IIs in the new reporting mechanism coming online in March.</p>

<p>TIA</p>

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<p>On another board, there was speculation that some of the colleges opting out of choice were using it as an “honors test”. i.e. that when they specify show <em>all</em> scores, no hiding of scores, and the students use score choice, CB will notify them that score choice was used and the college could then flag the student as a known cheater.</p>

<p>Questions: will CB indicate that score choice has been used? ACT does not, does it?</p>

<p>How likely is the scenario above?</p>