<p>My son has discovered that some college applications, including the Common Application, ask the applicant to list all ACT and SAT sitting dates (and in some cases to self-report scores).</p>
<p>He took each exam once, and did significantly better on the ACT. So our plan was for him to send just his ACT scores to the colleges to which he is applying.</p>
<p>It seems a bit unethical to not report that he took the SAT. At the same time, I think it would seem strange to the admissions' offices if he reports that he did but then not send the scores.</p>
<p>Any thoughts? How did anyone else handle this?</p>
<p>DS is just listing ACT scores. I didn’t notice that it specified to “list all.” Will re-check that. But our plan is to only send two sets of ACT scores.</p>
<p>I believe that DD only listed her ACT scores too - that was three years ago.</p>
<p>The application says to list the sitting dates. If it doesn’t demand all the scores as well, I would leave it to the school to ask if they want the ones you have not sent. It costs money to have scores sent, so schools are probably used to applicants sending only their best ones.</p>
Some schools superscore and others don’t. Some schools even cross-superscore, taking the best sections from both the SAT AND the ACT. Personally, I’m for giving them everything and letting them decide, but OP has to determine the best course for the S.</p>
<p>I tend not to over analyze things and I really dislike the common app so I told the kids to put their best score in for each section and not to put the date in. The colleges all require the scores to be sent to them so they can figure it out when they have ALL the information in front of them. Really, the common app doesn’t need to and shouldn’t ask anything that is being sent separately (courses taken, courses going to be taken, scores on AP, scores on ACT/SAT) each college will receive that directly from the source. Heck the colleges are going to get the ACT scores multiple times…once on the common app, once on the high school transcript and once in the scores we send…from both sittings AND plus mandatory state ACT. It’s turned into a sport with a price tag and even my kids can see through it.</p>
<p>Not all colleges require score reports to be sent, nor do they all require official transcripts, except to verify before enrollment.</p>
<p>When my D applies, she will list scores on her applications when requested (Common App or otherwise), and she will send score reports, because they are to her advantage, even at schools that don’t require them. They will not appear on her school transcript, as far as I know. I know for certain they are not on the unofficial transcript.</p>
<p>Self reporting scores and grades does allow AdComs to get a jump start on the application, if there is a delay in getting test scores and transcripts, so I don’t see it as a bad thing.</p>
<p>One reason for my concern about whether to include his SAT exam dates is based on what we were told at an orientation session prior to one campus tour (although my son decided not to apply to the college in question).</p>
<p>The admissions officer told us – actually emphasized – that there was a student that they didn’t admit who had sent both SAT and ACT scores and had sub-par scores on one of the tests (I can’t remember which one). The admissions officer said “only send us your best.” </p>
<p>This might not be common practice, but it is out there.</p>
<p>I am going to have my son find out if his official high school transcript includes his SAT and ACT scores. I don’t think so, but if it does then my concern about listing dates is for naught.</p>
<p>My s took the ACT and SAT (way back when) and never reported the ACT even though he got a 34 (we had no clue back then that that was a good score) because he did better on the SAT. IMO you can omit it. Why would you be obligated to report it?</p>