If You Take the SAT/ACT But Don’t Submit Scores, What Do Colleges See?

Short answer: Colleges won’t see your test scores unless you send them.

Here’s How It Works:

• You choose whether to list colleges as score recipients
• You can cancel or withhold scores before sending them
• Colleges don’t get a transcript of all your test attempts

That means testing is a low-risk, high-upside opportunity to open doors.


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