SAT Test Scores

I believe the code is 9999 and all scores will show up at the clearinghouse, with the best combined score being highlighted.

Falconhawk is right -- the code is 9999. You can go ahead and register your son with the Clearinghouse now, however. My '08 son registered this past fall.

Thanks for the feedback falconhawk1 and Infield08.

Wouldn't it make since to wait on registration for the Clearinghouse since I am anticipating his first set of scores to be lower than the second or third? That way the schools have a better representation of what his scores will be.
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Is there any upside to registering for Clearinghouse early (mid junior year)?

I felt is was an advantage to regster early, when college coaches asked about it I thought it showed them that college was definately in his plans .It also showed we had an idea of the importance of it along the core grades and SAT.There is no penalty for it and it is one less thing to remember as the timeline begins to squeeze you .

Agree that early registration with the clearinghouse is a good idea, if for nothing else than to get one obligatory task accomplished so as to avoid a rush as his HS graduation approaches. The HS must send in transcripts, etc. and the sooner you get the HS guidance office working on those tasks, the better. Final certification for eligibilty must await the clearinghouse's receipt of his final HS transcripts and proof of graduation. So, bottom line, no harm to register and it'll save some effort later.

If you register with the Clearinghouse right now, it can actually be a good thing that they get his first set of scores. Here's a quote from the Clearinghouse guide: "You may take the SAT or the ACT more than one time. If you take either test more than once, you may use your best subscore from different tests to meet the minimum test-score requirements." So, if your son scores 600 on his math portion the first time he takes the test and only 580 the second time, the Clearinghouse will count 600 as his score. (I can only WISH that my son would score 600 on his math portion! )Oftentimes, the scores do go up when you retake the test, but I know that my son's PSAT scores for critical reading actually went down between his sophomore and jr. years.

My son took the SAT 3 times. His best reading score was the first time. The best math score was the third time. You just never know how they will perform on any given day - much like baseball.

As others have said register now. Also if u are not registered with the Clearing House you can't report the scores to them automatically for free since they have norecord of you. You'll have to go back and do it and pay the nominal fee to do so.

JD,
PM

It is my understanding that you can take the ACT or SAT and can assign no place but your high school to send the scores.

Then when you have seen the score, you can then have the test score sent to the various places you want to send them to like the Clearing House. It may cost a little more, but you control which grade you send and when.

What I am not sure of is, if you wait to send scores and have two or three test dates on record, do they just send the higher score for each category. I believe your final cumulative score only adds the best scores for the various sections, at least that is the case for the ACT.

Guess what, when they get their transcripts and SAT/ACT scores they see all of them. Improvement in taking the test multiple times may not be a bad thing.

When schools get really serious, they often times have they players retake the test anyway.

SAT scores must be sent to the clearinghouse by collegeboard not the schools anymore, my recommendation is get signed up for the clearinghouse and get it out of the way then take the test and include them in the reporting and save the fee base reporting to the final school you have committed to.

The last time my son took the SAT, he designated a recipient of the scores that he had never chosen before. I just checked his College Board account and the results from all three tests he took were sent to this school. NCAA Clearinghouse requires that the scores be sent directly from the College Board - they will not accept it from the high school. So if they take the test multiple times all the results will be sent to NCAA and the best composite from the results will be used.

It soundslike there is no real downside to registering early. Thanks to everyone for their POV's.

TPM,
PM back at you.

While you are registering for the clearinghouse, make sure to check that the curriculum for your son's high school is acceptable to the clearinghouse. There is a part of the website where you can put in your high school and check to see if your son's classes meet the criteria. A number of posters in the past have told horrible stories about their sons find out in FRESHMAN year of college that their high school courses were not accepted by the clearinghouse.