<p>I'm applying to all of my schools early action or rolling admissions. Based on the progress I have made so far with my college applications, I should feel comfortable submitting them in the middle of September. </p>
<p>Should I send in my SAT scores now or wait until after I submit my applications in case I don't meet my "deadline"?</p>
<p>Bump, please</p>
<p>You can send scores before you apply and thus could send now if you want. For rolling admissions schools you should send by time of app or even before because as soon as they have everything they will process your file for decision. For others, you can just order a send when you apply or to be safe if nearing a deadline, a week to ten days before sending application. Almost all EA schools with Nov 1 deadlines accept scores that arrive a week to two after deadline, and a number even accept Nov test score, but there are a few that you should try to send earlier than deadline so they arrive about deadline date: GTech, Michigan and UIUC.</p>
<p>Send it in around the time you send in the application.</p>
<p>So just to be clear…</p>
<p>Rolling Admissions: send now</p>
<p>Early Action: I can send now, or a week to ten days before applying if I’m nearing the deadline.</p>
<p>The colleges won’t lose my SAT scores if I send them in before I submit my application, right? They’ll keep them on file, and then it’ll be my responsibility after everything’s submitted to make sure the colleges received it all.</p>
<p>Pencils, will that delay my application being processed if I submit my scores at the same time I submit my application? I thought it took five weeks to deliver SAT scores.</p>
<p>Grammargirl, that’s basically correct. But there’s no reason not to send them now.</p>
<p>My daughter (who graduated from HS last May) sent her SATs and ACTs in August. Colleges that got them simply opened a file for her. When the other pieces of her application came in (preliminary application, supplement, teacher letters, high school report, etc.), they all got added to her file.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>That’s the idea. In my daughter’s case, our state flagship actually didn’t match her standardized test scores up with the rest of her application. But she checked the status of her application online and saw that the test scores (sent in August, as previously mentioned) were missing. She contacted the university to notify them of the problem, and they fixed it.</p>
<p>My only piece of advice: when you get your online receipt from ACT or College Board, showing when you ordered score reports and to whom they were sent, keep track of it. This way you can document that if your scores aren’t in your file, it’s the college’s error and not yours.</p>
<p>If you send scores earlier, they start file on you and then match app to scores. As noted, you can occassionally have a srew-up but that can occur even if you send scores after you apply.</p>
<p>CB says you should allow four weeks for scores to arrive. They have been saying that since the days of snail mail and a paper world. With electronic delivery, you are actually looking at usually no more than a week to ten days and usually less.</p>
<p>Thanks, everyone! </p>
<p>I just have one more question. One of the colleges I’m applying to that doesn’t use the common app doesn’t release its application until September. Should I wait until the application is released to send in my scores, or do they still start my file, regardless of when the application is released?</p>
<p>You could probably send your scores now. But the best way to know for sure is to call or email them!</p>
<p>Thank you. I figured as much. I just like to get all my ducks in a row before I contact colleges with my questions.</p>
<p>I say wait until you ready to send your application</p>