Transcripts w test scores

[Luckymama]

I cannot leave well-enough alone :rolleyes:

 

For those of you who put test scores on the transcripts, have you listed all scores for ACT/SAT or just the best single-sitting?

 

Half of dd's schools superscore the ACT. She has 2 sittings with different composites. The superscore composite is one higher than the better composite.

 

I have already sent the scores to schools.

 

I need to stop overthinking things and finish that blasted counselor recommendation letter!

[regentrude]

I listed the best sitting for both SAT and ACT, respectively

[Sebastian (a lady)]

I listed all. I have a box with SAT, ACT, subject tests and AP exams. PSAT may be there too.

[MerryAtHope]

I might put a superscore and a best score in that case. On dd's, I don't think it will make a difference & will just put the best scores. 

[8filltheheart]

I listed all. I have a box with SAT, ACT, subject tests and AP exams. PSAT may be there too.

I did this in the past. This Dd was one and done with the SAT, so it only has the 1 SAT score. It also includes the subject tests and CLEPs and states NMSF beside PSAT.

[angela in ohio]

It depended on what the school required. We had one or two who specifically required all scores.

 

For the rest, for middle dd, she improved her score by well over a hundred points overall. We just sent her second score, even though she lost ten points from her superscore in one subscore, because we felt it was worth it to not show the lower score. Ideally, I always think one score is the equivalent of "I woke up like this"  :lol: so unless the superscore is much better, it doesn't seem worth it to show re-takes. Older dd had a decently higher superscore (she has pretty severe test anxiety, so her scores are all over the place) so we sent both.

 

OTOH, we weren't depending on any scholarships that had score cut-offs. It is potentially better to get the highest superscore possible if it means you will make a scholarship cut by one point.

Edited October 3, 2016 by angela in ohio

[Luckymama]

It depended on what the school required. We had one or two who specifically required all scores.

 

For the rest, for middle dd, she improved her score by well over a hundred points overall. We just sent her second score, even though she lost ten points from her superscore in one subscore, because we felt it was worth it to not show the lower score. Ideally, I always think one score is the equivalent of "I woke up like this" :lol: so unless the superscore is much better, it doesn't seem worth it to show re-takes. Older dd had a decently higher superscore (she has pretty severe test anxiety, so her scores are all over the place) so we sent both.

 

OTOH, we weren't depending on any scholarships that had score cut-offs. It is potentially better to get the highest superscore possible if it means you will make a scholarship cut by one point.

Right, we're sending test scores as requested (all or best). (And she only took the ACT because of the SAT changes.)

 

My question had to do with the transcript. Did you list test scores on the transcript? If so, all or just the best/better?

[Gwen in VA]

We listed ALL test scores on the transcript -- AP's, SAT-2's, SAT..... I figured the more information the admissions people had, the better!

 

My kids each only took the SAT once, so we didn't have to deal with the superscore question.

[Sebastian (a lady)]

FWIW, I just rearranged the box on my transcript.  I had done things in chronilogical order, which highlighted what was done in each grade.  Now I have scores grouped by test.  I put the year in parenthesis behind the SAT and ACT label, mostly so they could know which was old and revised SAT.  I was able to get rid of the year column and generally make it look more tidy.

 

It is on the lower right side of the transcript.  The lower left has a box with annual gpa and credit listed.  My signature block is just below the test scores box.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 4, 2016 by Sebastian (a lady)

[Luckymama]

I ended up putting both ACTs in reverse chronological order on the transcript in the "test scores" box. All the APs follow after a double space. I put the APs in order by subjects-that-matter-and-then-don't-matter according to dd ;)

[Kareni]

My daughter took the SAT only once, so I included that score with its sub-scores.  I also included AP scores, SAT subject test results, and scores from the National Latin exam (as my daughter was intending to major in Latin at college).

 

Regards,

Kareni

[swimmermom3]

Right, we're sending test scores as requested (all or best). (And she only took the ACT because of the SAT changes.)

 

My question had to do with the transcript. Did you list test scores on the transcript? If so, all or just the best/better?

 

I listed both sittings of the ACT on the transcript. Superscoring would not have made a difference for ds as math scores were the same on both tests, but the other three areas and the composite were significantly higher on the second test.