So on March 2, our school is requiring all juniors to take the new SAT. I’ve already taken the old one in October, and I’m satisfied with my score (2290), so I don’t want to waste my time with another test. Also, since some schools require all scores to be sent, I don’t want a test I didn’t study for to hurt me.
I’m gonna try to get out of testing by talking to my counselor tomorrow, but if she says no, I plan to just not come to school on that day. The test the school receives will have my name and information printed beforehand, so will the college board still score it with all my answers left blank and give me the lowest score possible?
I’d be surprised if your school turned in a blank test. But then I’m surprised they are requiring you to take the test (are they also paying the fees?)
Talk to your counselor. This may be one of those times your parent should get involved if you can’t resolve it. I don’t see why should be forced to take the exam.
@ClaremontMom Thanks for the response! And yes, they are paying for it. I don’t want to be on my counselor’s bad side though; she did write my recommendation for a summer program and will have to write another one this fall…
My D’s school is also requiring all juniors to take the SAT on March 2. The way the school is handling the registration it looks like this sitting of will not be tied to her CB account. We had this issue with her 10th grade PSAT for which the school also paid. It was tied to a non-online account so only the GC received printed reports. I had to call the CB have them related the scores to her CB account.
Please talk to to your GC about this, if they are paying for it, they make the rules.
In several states where the SAT (or ACT) has been adopted as the test to use to show compliance with No Child Left Behind laws, all high school school juniors are required to take it, and some of those require you do a make up date if you miss it. Your high school counselor would be remiss to tell you it is OK not to take it and will likely tell you that you should do so because the school needs all scores from the testing, particularly good ones, to show that it is a qaulity school that does not need to be put on any watch list or be subjected to onerous requirements for failure to meet the levels needed to comply with the laws.
You should not just blow it off and create a false excuse for doing so, including because the high school may not look kindly on your doing so if it learns you decided to just avoid the test. Moreover, those test dates are different from the National test dates, colleges know when they are, and you have a risk that an all scores college will assume you are withholding a score if one does not show up from your state’s testing date.
As to what College Board will do, it automatically cancels tests not taken as a result of failure to show up for the test date. That rule is the same for all SAT tests including the state required tests.
Ideally, the school will give you a waiver based on your 2290 (showing proficiency.)
Involve your parents, principal and district superintendant if necessary.
No one should be forced to take a test.
I don’t know if you can cancel it once you take it. The score will likely show up in your transcript if you take it.
If they force you to do a makeup, take it in March of your Senior year after all application has been submitted.
^Being required to take the test is a fact of life in states that have adopted the use of the test to show compliance with legislative learning requirements and having taken the test on another date is not considered a reason to avoid the state test. Moreover, a number of states that have adopted the SAT as the applicable test have done so in the last year, and they all adopted the new SAT as the applicable test and the old SAT cannot be used as replacement.
Thanks everyone for helping out. I talked to my counselor today, but she told me I’d have to get approval from my vice principal. I’ll ask him I guess. It’s funny that if I’m not allowed to be exempt from it, my high school may actually stop me from getting into my dream schools :-SS
I had never heard of using the SAT for state testing…But if this is state testing, I think there are usually options for parents to opt their kids out of testing. See if your state has an option to opt out and get your parents to sign the paperwork.