SAT Score Choice

You can use Score Choice for any score reports you send online or by phone, but you can only choose between tests that are already scored.

There are no extra fees for choosing which scores to send to a single college. Any or all of your scores can be sent to a college in a single report.

No, you can’t choose to send your Math score from one test day and your Evidence-Based Reading and Writing score from another test day. But some colleges use superscoring, which means they consider your highest section scores across multiple test dates.
You can choose which scores to send by test date for the SAT, and by individual test for SAT Subject Tests. Scores from an entire SAT are sent.

For help deciding between scores on the old SAT—last given in January 2016—and the new SAT, compare your scores using the SAT Score Converter. You should feel comfortable sending scores from both tests, however, since colleges have procedures for comparing the scores.
Watch how to convert your scores and then select the best scores to send in Score Choice.

When you send scores through your College Board account, you’ll see score send policies for any college or scholarship program you choose. SAT Score-Use Practices by Participating Institution (.pdf/1.5MB) also lists policies, but you should check college websites to make sure you have the latest information. You’re responsible for knowing current score send policies.

If you decide not to use Score Choice, all your scores will be sent to the colleges you choose. Score Choice applies only to the score reports you send to colleges. You and your high school will still receive scores from all of your test dates.

Since most colleges consider a student’s best score, you can send all your scores. If you’re unsure which scores to send or if your college has not shared their policy, we recommend you send all scores.

Although colleges use Student Search Service search to find students with SAT scores in a certain range, they are not provided with actual SAT scores. Participating in Student Search Service is not the same thing as sending official SAT score reports to colleges.

No, colleges set their own admission policies and decide how they’ll use test scores. We recognize that there’s no “one size fits all” approach to college admission. You’ll see the SAT score-use practices of participating colleges when you sign in to your College Board account to send scores.

Colleges cannot opt out of or reject Score Choice. Score Choice is a feature available to students. However, some colleges require students to submit all SAT scores. Be sure to check college websites to learn more about their score send policies.
Colleges set their own policies and practices regarding the use of test scores. The College Board does not release SAT test scores without student consent. Colleges and scholarship programs receive only the scores applicants send them.