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Junior year questions

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DS is a junior, he will take the SAT in May. His GPA is over 3.5 at this time. The NCAA CLearinghouse has changes their requirements for the SAT - it now has to be sent directly from SAT.
My question is which of the following should I do:
1) Go ahead and register him with the clearinghouse before the SAT and list the NCAA on the SAT reporting section, not knowing what his initial score will be.
2) Or do I register him with the clearinghouse but not have his scores sent until after we know the first results.
3) Or do I wait and register him after the results of the SAT are in.
From what I have read I know he won't be processed by the Clearinghouse until his senior year, but filing know puts him toward the top of the pile. Any other tips or information on deadlines would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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ILVBBILVBB1,000+ posts
Start by relaxing and taking a deep breath!

For SAT purposes think of the Clearinghouse as just another college that you need to send test scores. When you register for the SAT, use the clearinghouse code (from memory I think it is 99999 - please double check).

If the scores come before your aplication, don't worry, they take forever to do anything. If the scores come a few weeks or a month or two it won't matter because it will take them at least 6-months to put together a file on your son.

We did everything on time, yet it took a compliance officer to request clearance. Get it in, send his grades after his Jr year and then again after graduation.
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NewcomerNewcomer100+ posts
One tip we got from this site is to definitely send the test scores to NCAA (they take the best combination of all the scores and GPA) but to NOT send any scores to colleges until you receive them and reveiw them. You can go back onto the collegeboard website at anytime and have the scores sent to your desired colleges.
The clearance takes forever so there isn't a great rush to register. Some college applications will ask for a clearinghouse PIN number...so you can go ahead and do it early if you want.

As always, your homework now should be to make sure your son's classes match NCAA standards exactly. There is a place on the NCAA website to do this. This is where the college compliance officer can ding you..if the classes aren't up to NCAA standard, they won't be accepted. Tricky stuff.

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