<p>Okay, so I know this post should go under SAT prep, but HSL gets a lot more traffic, and I need answers quickly.</p>
<p>So, I'm planning on registering for an SAT subject test for this October, but I'm having an issue with my name. Yes, my name. I'm Chinese, so my legal name (the one on my passport and such official documents) is made up of two parts (i.e. Xinyi). However, when I registered with my high school, my name was split into two parts (Xin Yi). I don't go by my Chinese name, so everyone at school has a different name for me. So, my school decided to change my name AGAIN in its computer (i.e. Elaine Yi). </p>
<p>My question is: which name should I use when registering for SAT? I won't be taking it at my school, so I'm worried that the school I take it at won't allow me to take it unless the name is consistent on all documents. Please reply. The registration deadline is this week, and I need to know this. Thank you so much. :)</p>
<p>I would suggest go with your LEGAL name! My school messed up my name too and added that extra space. Do you know what the name is on your birth certificate? If it’s Xinyi on your birth certificate I would go with that. My school told me that the name they have is directly derived from my birth certificate, but your school is a little weird. Go ask your school tomorrow if they can change your name to the birth certificate one.</p>
<p>Yeah, use your legal name. My name has been misspelled on the class rosters my school publishes since the seventh grade, and after correcting it every year, here I am as a senior with my name still misspelled. I’d use your legal name.</p>
<p>Thanks for your responses. I’ll use my legal name, but in case anything goes wrong and I’m registered under different names from year to year, I can call CollegeBoard and ask them to merge accounts, right?</p>
<p>Yes, you can do that.
I had that issue by the PSAT also because the name I use is not the one on my birth certificate and I wasn’t sure which name to put. The overwhelming answer was my legal name (for good reason, my used name is difficult to pronounce).</p>