<p>a lot of it has to do with the way the schools use the two tests. one of the major uses of the test is to draw some correlation between a student's test scores and a student's performance at the school. most schools feel they can't draw any meaningful conclusions until they have at least one four-year cycle's worth of test scores and performance to correlate. that's one reason they request the scores for now but still don't consider them in your application. they're gathering data that might be used in the future.</p>