Schools that require ALL test scores?

[Ann.without.an.e]

Do you think they really mean ALL?  Our state requires an EOY exam and DD took the ACT for that from 7th grade forward.  She didn't prep or put much thought into the exam until Junior year though.  It was just to fulfill a state requirement.  The ACT is a per date charge so that can get $$$.  Do schools know how many times a student has taken it?  DD had a test disturbance at one of her exams this year and the score was deleted.  Will the school think we are withholding that score?  Just my rambling concerns.

[Sebastian (a lady)]

Do you think they really mean ALL?  Our state requires an EOY exam and DD took the ACT for that from 7th grade forward.  She didn't prep or put much thought into the exam until Junior year though.  It was just to fulfill a state requirement.  The ACT is a per date charge so that can get $$$.  Do schools know how many times a student has taken it?  DD had a test disturbance at one of her exams this year and the score was deleted.  Will the school think we are withholding that score?  Just my rambling concerns.

 

When I see All Scores, I read that to mean each sitting of the SAT, without using Score Choice.  I'm not sure what schools want with the ACT.  My kids only took that once, so I didn't have to pay for multiple scores.

 

I don't think a college would want to see other end of year exams (either state exams or something like the ITBS or Stanford).  You might ask the target colleges if you can just send reports for the high school sittings.  They might also accept having all scores from high school listed on the transcript but only getting the best official report.

[JanetC]

I would ask the college. One option might be to list all the scores on the app, so you're not hiding anything, but maybe not pay for official reports for all the previous tests before the ones that were serious?

[regentrude]

The mean all ACT/SAT tests taken during high school, i.e. 9-12th grade. Grades from 7th grade talent searches are typically exempt.

They do not mean state exams.

Edited July 16, 2016 by regentrude

[teachermom2834]

We had one school that superscored the ACT still say they wanted them all "just so they didn't miss anything". They said low scores wouldn't be held against the student but they wanted them all. In that case I would have been comfortable leaving off an old score if it didnt help the superscore. It gets expensive to send early scores if junior year scores are higher.

[anne1456]

You can have ACT delete your past test scores. So if you deleted the 9th and 10th grade scores then you couldn't send them. Of course you could argue this is kind of circumventing the "send all scores" policy, but if they don't exist anymore you can't send them and the college won't know about them.

 

I am kind of in the same boat since my son also took the ACT as an end of year test every year, and it is annoying to have to pay for each individual score to be sent. But right now it looks like my son will apply to at most one college that wants all scores, so I will probably just pay the money for that one school and send them all.