Christcorp
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This is not rocket science folks
1. The academies SUPER-SCORE. Take the ACT AND the SAT as many times as you can afford to take it. Your score can NEVER go down. It can ONLY GO UP. Anything a HS Guidance counselor tells you contrary to this; "FOR THE ACADEMIES" is completely wrong, and they need to go back to coloring in the corner.
2. Traditional Universities are different. Many of them are different from each other. Some take the HIGHEST Set Score. Some take the NEWEST TAKEN TEST. Some take only the FIRST TEST you SEND THEM. Some want you to send them ALL of the tests you've ever taken. Some just one; because they'll only accept one. You need to see what the school you're applying to has for a policy and go based on that. Take the test 2, 3, 4, 10 times if you want, and send in the best score to the school(s) you want to. Nothing says you have to send the test each and every time you take it. CAVEAT: There are some applications; like the ivy's, where the same application is used for more than one school. If a school asks for all of your tests, and you send them 2; but another school using that same application you sent 3-4, you might find yourself trying to explain why you didn't follow their rules.
And NO; the colleges do not know how many times you took the tests. College Board cannot release ANY tests that you don't permit. There is a privacy rule, and they aren't going to break that. So again; know what the schools are asking for before automatically sending them your scores. But again, for the academies, "Because they are the BEST universities in the country"; take the tests as many times as you can afford to. You can only improve. If a college/HS counselor tells you differently, then they either don't know about the academies, or they are idiots. That's for you to decide.
1. The academies SUPER-SCORE. Take the ACT AND the SAT as many times as you can afford to take it. Your score can NEVER go down. It can ONLY GO UP. Anything a HS Guidance counselor tells you contrary to this; "FOR THE ACADEMIES" is completely wrong, and they need to go back to coloring in the corner.
2. Traditional Universities are different. Many of them are different from each other. Some take the HIGHEST Set Score. Some take the NEWEST TAKEN TEST. Some take only the FIRST TEST you SEND THEM. Some want you to send them ALL of the tests you've ever taken. Some just one; because they'll only accept one. You need to see what the school you're applying to has for a policy and go based on that. Take the test 2, 3, 4, 10 times if you want, and send in the best score to the school(s) you want to. Nothing says you have to send the test each and every time you take it. CAVEAT: There are some applications; like the ivy's, where the same application is used for more than one school. If a school asks for all of your tests, and you send them 2; but another school using that same application you sent 3-4, you might find yourself trying to explain why you didn't follow their rules.
And NO; the colleges do not know how many times you took the tests. College Board cannot release ANY tests that you don't permit. There is a privacy rule, and they aren't going to break that. So again; know what the schools are asking for before automatically sending them your scores. But again, for the academies, "Because they are the BEST universities in the country"; take the tests as many times as you can afford to. You can only improve. If a college/HS counselor tells you differently, then they either don't know about the academies, or they are idiots. That's for you to decide.