<p>I wish to take the SAT again this week, and the college I got matched with requires that I submit all test scores. Do I need to send my SAT score again to the college?</p>
<p>I would say yes, But why would you take the test if your already done?</p>
<p>I signed up the test before I found the results 
Also, the college is nonbinding, so I am thinking of applying to other colleges through regular decision.</p>
<p>why would you?? do you know how many people will like to be on your shoes… Even with a non binding one…</p>
<p>Don’t take the test… The “submit all” requirements means before the match application… you’re done.</p>
<p>I would check with the college you matched with to see:) </p>
<p>Congrats</p>
<p>If you were matched to one of the non binding schools, you are taking the SAT again why? Let’s play pretend and you got matched to Princeton with a 2300 SAT. Are you wanting a higher score for maybe, Harvard??? Seriously if you are matched to one of the 4 non binding schools, and are taking the SAT to get into another school? You would be a fool and not deserving of your match school.</p>
<p>^^Exactly what @GA2012MOM said, just that I could not put it in nice words such as “fool”</p>
<p>As I stated before, I have signed up for the SAT assuming that I would not be matched. After being matched, I decided to just take it. Atmaior, thank you!</p>
<p>If you don’t mind me asking, what school were you matched to? I was a Finalist but did not rank (applying RD).</p>
<p>The OP was obviously matched to one of the non binding schools,. If his app was good enough to get into one of those four, why on earth would he she take the test again? That type of person that would do that is a gunner, a grade grubber and will not be well liked in college.</p>
<p>It is difficult for some students to be ready to commit to a college in the fall of senior year particularly if they have not had the chance to visit colleges yet. For Questbridge students there is the added piece that applying to a private school, an OOS school etc. may be brand new ideas. For many of these students, unlike the typical CC kid, they are just dipping their toes into the whole endeavor and they may know little or nothing about the QB partner schools other than the Ivies, which are known by reputation alone. One way that QB applicants like this can take advantage of the QB match opportunity, without committing to a college prior to investigation and experience, is to rank only non binding colleges. A significant minority of finalists chose this route according to the lists they all posted this year. Or they rank one or two colleges they are sure about plus some non-binding colleges. The idea is that if they have a non-binding admission from Yale, Stanford, Princeton, or MIT, it frees them up to kick safeties off their list and maybe apply RD to a small list of colleges that still appeals to them, even after being matched to a non-binding college. It gives them time to visit or research more in depth, and to apply to some smaller or larger schools, or schools with a different campus culture, or whatever else matters to them. Students who may have started the entire process, including looking at colleges, in August may not be ready to commit to a college when rankings are due a few months later. I’m sure that the non-binding colleges know this, and have the latitude to make this opportunity available, for just this reason. GA2012MOM, can’t you see that a kid who was “matched” with MIT might later visit and apply to Amherst (for example) RD and end up preferring Amherst :)? Another scenario is a student who ranked one or more favorite LAC’s above the non-binding Uni’s, and even after being admitted to one of the latter, wants to try for an admission to the favorite LAC again in RD. My D was matched to her first choice binding school but if she had been matched to e.g. Yale, I don’t know if she would have re-applied to her LACs just to have the option next spring when she had done more thinking, visiting and even grown up some more…now maybe she wouldn’t have wanted to and would have snapped up that Yale match (lol!) but it wouldn’t have been terrible if she had chosen to apply RD to her preferred LACs. It isn’t necessarily the case that OP is just being greedy or cavalier about her match, although it certainly may look like that esp from the POV of students who weren’t matched.</p>
<p>Yes, please don’t be down on this person. Nearly all of us matches had a quick flash of doubt, no matter where we got accepted, unless it truly was our number one dream school, and even then in a few cases, I’m sure. This is a huge decision to make, and it’s a little scary that it was practically made for us, even if it was in our benefit. Make no doubt, we’re all very grateful and excited, but if I had gotten into a nonbinding school, I’d be exercising at least some of the freedom that offered, too.
It’s more like, if a person had the kind of application to get matched to a non-binding school, shouldn’t that person be free to use her assets in any way she sees fit? She’s obviously earned a great deal of respect from the admissions counselors. It’s not greedy or disrespectful, it’s common sense.
bethelka, congrats on your match. I hope you settle on a Quest partner school, the community seems so friendly and intelligent and great! You’ll be missing a lot if you don’t. I’ve gotten to meet a bunch of Questies who got matched to UChicago, and we’ve all hit it off very well. You’re not just being given a scholarship, but a support group and a known friendly community, and that might be one of the best assets on a unfamiliar campus. Whatever you decide, though, I wish you the best!</p>
<p>Thank you honeybee63 and modulusshift for your thoughtful responses! Yeah, I guess I felt a flash of doubt if I could survive the college I was matched with, but I decided to accept the match. modulusshift, congrats for getting matched to UChicago!</p>
<p>I’d also like to point out that some QuestBridge applicants have never seen or visited the schools they are matched with. My daughter was accepted to a QuestBridge partner school she had never visited (RD, not during the match). She was very unsure if she would like the culture of the school or be able to survive the rigor of the academics. She ended up loving the school and doing very well there. Please remember that if the school admitted you, they are confident that you can succeed there.</p>
<p>Congrats bethelka, for accepting your match. Nobody can tell you what is right for you, but…nevertheless, I am sure that was a wise choice :)! Not only are you now finished with the whole process (!) but as SFL said, if a college accepts you, they are confident you can thrive there. In fact, the matched students are their top choices, since they accept even more Quest applicants in ED and then in RD. Your college must have seen something special in you and since it is Yale, P’ton, Stanford or MIT, I am positive you will have no trouble finding a lot special about your college!</p>