Score Choice: SAT score-reporting policy
Harkness Tower, Yale University
Hypathway's Notes: College Board decided to change its SAT score-reporting policy to allow students to send their best score to colleges from a single test day result of SAT I or SAT II. The so-called Score Choice policy starting in March 2009 generated a debate among colleges, some ones (Harvard or MIT) accepted it but some (Yale, Stanford or Penn) rejected it by requiring students to report all of their SAT scores. It seems unnecessary to bring this into a high moral ground, Yale Daily News even published an editorial to applaud Yale's decision in rejecting the Score Choice, claiming that program would only benefit the students who could affort to take it multiple times. This statement from Yale is difficult to be justified because a single testing fee is only $45. This is certainly a marketing move for College Board to re-install the policy since its ravelry ACT allows best score release for a long time.Yale even requires applicants to submit all of their ACT results. The below provides a list of colleges that accept or reject the Score Choice, as well as frequently-asked questions from the College Board.
List of Colleges that accept Score Choice
Universities
Boston University
Brandeis University
Brown University
California Institute of Technology
Dartmouth College
Duke University
Emory University
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Northwestern University
Notre Dame University
NYU
Princeton University
University of Chicago
Vanderbilt University
Washington University in St. Louis
LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES:
Amherst College
Bates College
Bowdoin College
Bryn Mawr College
Carleton College
Claremont McKenna College
Colby College
College of William and Mary
Davidson College
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Haverford College
Kenyon College
Middlebury College
Mount Holyoke College
Oberlin College
Reed College
Smith College
Swarthmore College
Trinity College
Vasser College
Washington and Lee University
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Williams College
Schools that DO NOT Accept Score Choice:
UNIVERSITIES:
Carnegie Mellon University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Georgetown University
University of California campuses
University of Pennsylvania
Rice University
Stanford University
Yale University
LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES:
Colgate University
Harvey Mudd College
Macalester College
Pomona College
Others:
All SUNY and CUNYs
For other schools, see College Board link:
http://professionals.collegeboard.co...tices-list.pdf
Brandeis University
Brown University
California Institute of Technology
Dartmouth College
Duke University
Emory University
Harvard University
Johns Hopkins
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Northwestern University
Notre Dame University
NYU
Princeton University
University of Chicago
Vanderbilt University
Washington University in St. Louis
LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES:
Amherst College
Bates College
Bowdoin College
Bryn Mawr College
Carleton College
Claremont McKenna College
Colby College
College of William and Mary
Davidson College
Grinnell College
Hamilton College
Haverford College
Kenyon College
Middlebury College
Mount Holyoke College
Oberlin College
Reed College
Smith College
Swarthmore College
Trinity College
Vasser College
Washington and Lee University
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Williams College
Schools that DO NOT Accept Score Choice:
UNIVERSITIES:
Carnegie Mellon University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Georgetown University
University of California campuses
University of Pennsylvania
Rice University
Stanford University
Yale University
LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES:
Colgate University
Harvey Mudd College
Macalester College
Pomona College
Others:
All SUNY and CUNYs
For other schools, see College Board link:
http://professionals.collegeboard.co...tices-list.pdf
FAQs on Score Choice from College Board
Q: Is Score Choice available for both SAT and SAT Subject Tests score reports?
A: Yes.Students can select which scores they send to colleges by test date for the SAT and by individual test for SAT Subject Tests.
Q: Does using Score Choice cost more?
A: No. This feature can be used on any score report sent (the four score reports available through registration or additional score reports) at no additional cost to students. Our pricing policy, with respect to additional score reports, has not changed.
Q: Does Score Choice disadvantage students who don't take the test multiple times?
A: No. Research shows that students generally see modest score increases upon taking the test a second time. If there are gains from further testing, they tend to be even smaller.
Q: What if students do not abide by a college's or university's score-use practice?
A: As a matter of integrity, students are expected to follow college admissions policies, and the same is true with respect to a student's sending of test scores to colleges. Students are responsible for complying with the admissions requirements of the colleges,universities, and scholarship programs to which they apply.
Q: Is there a loophole that allows colleges to "opt out" of Score Choice?
A: Colleges cannot "opt out of" or "reject" Score Choice. Score Choice is a feature available to students. Colleges set their own policies and practices regarding the use of test scores. The College Board does not release SAT test scores without student consent. This continues under Score Choice. Colleges, universities, and scholarship programs will receive the scores applicants send to them.
Q: Does Score Choice affect other aspects of SAT registration and score-report timing, policies or processes?
A: No.Score Choice 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.
Q: Should SAT scores be reported on high school transcripts?
A:The SAT Program recommends that schools do not place SAT scores on students' high school transcripts that are sent to colleges. Schools should encourage students to send official score reports to colleges.If a school still decides to send scores on a transcript, the SAT Program recommends that a school receive official consent from the student, parent or guardian before doing so.
Q: Does Score Choice affect score sends?
A:All test scores are automatically sent to institutions with each score report if a student does not actively choose to use Score Choice.However, if a student chooses to use Score Choice, then the College Board will send only the scores that a student selects when sending as core report. This means that colleges cannot assume that all score reports include all student scores.
The method of score delivery (e.g., paper, CD, or Electronic Score Reports)is not affected by Score Choice. However, the College Board no longer automatically reports cumulative scores (a student's entire record of SAT scores). In the event a student requests that the College Boards end a second score report to an institution, the second report will only include the unique set of scores selected by the student, which may or may not contain scores previously sent.
Important Note: When a student chooses to send all of their SAT scores each time they send a score report, they may choose not to send all of their SAT Subject Test™ scores on each report. Due to this, it is important to retain all of the score information sent by the College Board on behalf of the student.
Q: What's the best way to keep track of students' scores?
A:Since score reports may not reflect students' cumulative record of SATscores, we recommend that institutions keep all score reports for eachpotential candidate. Regardless of whether an institution receivespaper score reports, electronic score reports or CD score reports, theonly way to ensure an institution has a record of all scores that astudent has sent is to retain every report.
Posted 星期五, 08/20/2010 - 18:54 by Fishville at www.tongjiyiren.com (hypathway@hotmail.com)
Posted 星期五, 08/20/2010 - 18:54 by Fishville at www.tongjiyiren.com (hypathway@hotmail.com)
