Web service bundle

<p>Can I buy the web service bundle after the test?<br>
What's the difference between those send scores service?</p>

<p>you can't by that service after the test. only before. The difference between that service and the rest is that it's cheap ($25 for scores to ten schools) and your can add schools to the sending list anytime before or after the test. even after you get your scores back, which is a good thing sometimes.</p>

<p>I'm a big fan of the web service bundle because you get to see the scores and then decide if you want to send them anywhere or not.</p>

<p>What I'm not clear about is whether additional sittings are disclosed.</p>

<p>Example 1: You sign up for the web service bundle and have decent scores, but choose to take the test again to see if you can do even better. But you don't. Or maybe you do well overall, but your math score went down to a level you're not comfortable with. So you decide to send the first set of scores to schools. You log in, enter the school codes, and the scores are sent the next Tuesday (I think it's on Tuesdays that they execute the score forwarding requests). Do the schools know you took the exam a second time? Can you even forward the first set of scores once you've received the second set?</p>

<p>Example 2: Same as above, except you opted to send your first of scores before taking the test the second time. In this case, I'm fairly certain that the SSAT people won't send your second set of test scores to the schools you chose the first time around. They don't do anything gratis. But do they send the schools you sent Test 1 scores to some sort of message disclosing the fact that you sat for a subsequent test? I wouldn't think so, but I don't know.</p>

<p>Example 3: Same as 1, except that you prefer your second set of scores and send those. What, if any, notation is made that these scores are for the second attempt?</p>

<p>As you can see, the on-line bundle allows the applicant some measure of control over which scores are sent and when. Since scores aren't needed by the schools until mid- to late-January, there's no need to select the schools until you're certain (a) that these are the scores you want to send, and (b) you've made your final decision about which schools to apply to. While the control is awesome, I'm not clear on what sort of other information might be shared. If I took the SSAT a second time and I used the on-line bundle, I'd want to find out what information, if any, is shared by SSAT beyond the standard score report.</p>

<p>True. What i heard was that SSAT people just want your money. They don't want to leak information to schools that will deface you like telling the school this is your second or what ever time taking the test. If you take the SSAT the 2nd time and the schools find out, what will they say? oh this kid isn't smart because he got a 60% the first time and a 90% the second time. I believe that the schools perspective would be that this student is trying hard to get better. He's capable of scoring a 90% so he took the test a second time. Thumbs up for trying... Also, the schools know that the SSAT can't judge a student's knowledge. One test doesn't mean much, two tests doesn't mean much either. Getting better scores on the second test would only improve your chances of getting into a boarding school</p>