It says Upenn requires students who have taken both ACT and SAT to report both scores - but if you wish to only report one of those scores on common app, what should you do?? (especially for other colleges…)
If you end up just reporting one score, will there be consequences? wIll they find out??
I don’t really know. I’m also applying and planning to submit both of my scores. But I think that they only consider the highest one when looking at your application. I think they just want to see how well you did on different test.
But say you only put ACT and SAT subject tests as tests you want to report on common app, because I don’t want other colleges to look at what I got for SAT I. Do you think i can send my sat score through collegeboard directly to penn without writing it on my commonapp?
@ivy123456 Yes you can do this. Colleges all have their own policies for whether they require all scores or not, but CollegeBoard has no authority to send any of your test scores without your permission. However, there will be severe consequences if they find out. I’ve read on some other forums about students who only sent one score, but their other scores were sent by their high schools and they were penalized for lying. Honesty is the best policy. Just follow the college’s rules because its the right thing to do and you won’t live in fear that they will catch you.
Btw if they catch you after you’re admitted, they can rescind their acceptance. They can even take away your degree if they find out after you graduate.
@divinggirl6 So I can just list two tests on my common app but just send all of my scores to penn?
This restriction on score choice puts students in the worst situation. It is simply unethical of schools to persist with this. They put students in a position of feeling that by complying with the rules (sending scores for tests they may not have been well prepared for, for instance) they may be screwing themselves over and the schools know there is no way for them (the colleges) to know what the student took. I talked extensively with folks at the CB about this. I wanted to know if they sent the scores on different kinds of forms depending upon whether the scores were cherry picked or not. They denied doing anything that would provide a hint to schools about how many tests a student had taken. And of course the SAT people have no idea if you took ACTs.
but like @divinggirl6 said, if I don’t report my ACT score even though I’ve taken it and they find out later, there will be a lot of consequences…
Honestly, I think you’re trying to hide something (a set of scores) that will have no ramifications. Colleges know that over the course of your testing history, you may have a set of low scores. It’s perfectly understandable. But they’re focused on you best ones – why? Because they WANT to admit you, if at all possible.
They want testing history to see if you’re not one of those test-obsessed students who take the ACT and SAT five or six times each — you’ve heard of them: those where ACT/SAT is practically their only EC activity.
Hopefully that doesn’t describe you. I’d advise stop worrying about that one outlier ACT and send the whole thing in. You’re fine.
@ivy123456 Honestly, if you send all the scores, UPenn couldnt possibly care less about a bad score. It will show improvement. They will look at your best score bc it reflects the best of you.
I think folks are missing the question. OP, if you are self-reporting scores on the Common App, you don’t need to report all scores. However, per Penn’s requirements, you do have to have to send all of your scores to them.
i thought it was either ACT or SAT for Penn…http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-announces-new-testing-requirements-applicants
Must have misunderstood the article, the website says in small print “Score Choice: Penn requires applicants to submit their entire testing history; we do not participate in Score Choice. If applicants have taken both the SAT and the ACT, they must submit their testing history from both exams”.
This is really confusing. So, did you submit all testing scores of SAT/ACT? What about Subject test score(s)?
ACT allows students to delete previous exams. Then it’s as if you never took it. I don’t think the SAT allows this (outside a short window).
http://blog.prepscholar.com/did-you-know-you-can-delete-act-scores-how-to-do-it
Yes Shivaya, you do need to submit all testing scores for BOTH the ACT and SAT. I don’t know about subject tests for sure, but because they don’t require those scores anymore I would believe that they do not require them.
I actually have a question regarding this. I submitted my Common App but forgot to mention my SAT I scores (I originally thought I was only submitting ACT). However, I sent in my entire testing history for both the SAT and ACT. I was wondering if the admissions team would personalize me for not putting my SAT scores on the the common app, or if I’m just way too paranoid.
@spartanboy46 I am assuming that personalize is a typo and to answer your question no your good they won’t care. Also does anyone now if that myth about taking the sat too many times is true I have taken it three times and I have gone from a 1920 to a 1870 to a 2250 and I want to take it in December to improve my math but I have heard taking above three times looks bad.