[eunhae]

NEW SAT SCORE REPORTING POLICY


The College Board has approved an important change to the current SAT score-reporting policy. This new policy will give students the freedom to send the scores by sitting (test date) that they feel best represent their ability to colleges and universities, at no additional cost. Designed to reduce student stress and improve the test-day experience, this new score-reporting feature will launch in early February 2009, and will therefore be available to students participating in the March 2009 test administration.

Any student who has taken an SAT prior to the policy launch or who registers for the SAT after launch will be able to take advantage of this new policy. The students who have taken tests prior to the launch can use the score-reporting feature retroactively. Additionally, this new score-reporting feature will be optional to students. If a student chooses not to select their scores, all of their scores will be sent.

This new score-reporting feature also gives colleges the ability to choose which scores are required for admission. Colleges and universities will communicate any changes to their admissions policies or application requirements to students.

Fast facts
Students will be able to select which scores they send to colleges by sitting (test date) for the SAT and by individual test for SAT Subject Tests™.
Scores from an entire SAT test will be sent—scores of individual sections from different sittings cannot be selected independently for sending.
Students can send any or all scores to a college on a single report—it will not cost more to send one, multiple or all test scores.
Students will be instructed to follow the different score-reporting requirements of each college to which they apply.
The new score-reporting feature will be optional—if students do not use it, all scores will be sent automatically.
The score-reporting feature can be used on any score report that students send:
The four score reports available through online or phone registration (applying to already scored tests) and additional score reports
The new score-reporting feature functionality will be available to all students via the Web or by calling Customer Service toll free (within the United States)
Students who complete a test prior to the launch of the new score-reporting feature will be able to take advantage of this option when sending past or future scores.
FAQs
Q: Will this new score-reporting feature be available to students who have already registered for test dates that occur after launch?
A: Yes. Students who have already registered for the March 2009 administration or later 2009 dates can revisit their registration information and take advantage of the new score-reporting feature after launch.

Q: Is the new score-reporting feature available for both SAT and SAT Subject Tests score reports?
A: Yes. Students will be able to select which scores they send to colleges by sitting (test date) for the SAT and by individual test for SAT Subject Tests.

Q: Does the new score-reporting feature affect other aspects of SAT registration and score-report timing, policies or processes?
A: No. The new score-reporting feature allows students to select which scores are sent to institutions. It does not affect score-report timing or other policies and procedures that are not directly related to sending score reports.


Credit: Collegeboard.com


One question though:

Will the class of 09 be able to use this feature?
Since it's launching in February 09 & the application deadlines for college are around DEC-JAN,
will we still be able to use it? I'm curious because I heard you can actually take your SAT a final time in JAN & send your score reports later than the application deadline.

If we're able to use this new feature, it'd be a great help to me this in applying for college since I've taken the SATs like 2 times already & probably going to take 2 more or so!!

thanks!

[alicimoo]

http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=231153

I really don't think this affect Class of 09 because it's launching in February, when it's too late for us.

[joonage]

It starts for the Class of '10.

The whole thing starts in the 2009-2010 testing year, so tough luck for us 09ers. xD

[hesaid143]

Class of `10. woot woot ! That's pretty useful Thanks for the word

[KEYS2MYHEART_<3]

It lowers pressure a lot! (:
But then, I guess SAT scores won't be worth as much? Sucks, because mine are looking stronger than my GPA ):

[ixLoveXse7en]

BOO!! haha man I swear dont our class yet any luck this year? haha LOL

[rawritskim]

how lame.
class of 2010 gets everything.
esp at my school
>:[

[mkayimcherry]

^^
same here

it seems like we get screwed over just because we're the last single digit graduating '09
xD
since they'll be '10, haha.

[Yuenie]

So the colleges won't be able to see how many times you took the SAT over since you just choose one score? Cause teachers have told me that some colleges used to look down on students who take the SAT numerous of times... usually meaning more than 3.

[eunhae]

^ yes. that's why it's more convenient for the class of 2010. ):
colleges wont be able to look at your other SAT scores & see how poorly you did your first time or how many times you took it
so ppl will probably be able to take it over 10 times and still make their apps look good
but on the downside, it'll prob lower the significance of your SAT scores in the app process
sucks for 09 T_T

[ubergooberxx]

Ugh, those lucky '10-ers =(

[swellkisses]

some schools are opting out of it.
Score Choice permits students to send only their best overall score from a given test date. So students can take tests repeatedly with no apparent penalty. Indeed, according to guidance counselors, many high-school juniors are signing up to take next month's SAT, just as they did this month. The juniors are doing so because they figure it's a free swing at a good score, and they can always re-take the test in March or May.

There's one catch. Colleges can opt out of Score Choice and require applicants to report every SAT score. And some colleges have now decided to do so, NEWSWEEK has learned. Stanford, Cornell, Pomona, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Southern California told NEWSWEEK their applications next fall will demand all scores. Other elite schools, including Harvard and the University of Chicago, say they'll honor Score Choice; many, such as Yale and Princeton, say they've yet to decide. A few, such as Colby College and Williams, say Score Choice is irrelevant to them because they already cherry-pick the highest individual math, verbal and reading scores from among multiple tests.
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"Railing against" Score Choice, wrote Bill Conley of Johns Hopkins, implies top schools "really are dissecting scores at a level we publicly claim not to." If "a student submits a single best sitting of 2320," he asked, does anyone really care "how low were her other score sets?" In an admissions subculture fixated on the SAT, the unkind answer would seem to be yes. newsweek.com

[trabia-wind]

Pretty convenient I guess.. MUCH more so than the ACT, where you have to pay double to send reports of both sittings! Those greedy moneymakers...

But I don't like it.. it makes it more like a game.. take the SAT like 7 bajillion times to get your best score and send it in =s I seriously think they should put a cap on how many times you can take the SAT.. it's not THAT important. And this'll probably make it less important b/c more people will have higher scores. THOUGH colleges "claim" to only look at your highest scores anyways, the fact that these schools are opting out of score choice seems to suggest otherwise..?

Or maybe I'm just biased cuz I did well the first time haha.. ><

[sunnicherri]

Yea you read the same thing I did. Seriously, Newsweek states it all, it's just because SATs are losing money because more people are opting to take ACTs where you can choose your score. By adding a new SAT score policy, collegeboard hopes to gain more money.

[maydai3333]

wait, does that mean you can't super score anymore?