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| College Entrance Examinations |
| It is strongly recommended
that students register online for SAT and SAT Subject Tests at www.collegeboard.com
and ACT tests at www.act.org. By registering online students will
know immediately which test center they have been assigned. |
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Most colleges require SAT I scores
because they are considered to be a standard measure of abilities
important for college work. Some colleges also require two or three
SAT II Subject Tests which are designed to find out what skills you
have developed and how much you have learned in specific subjects.
Some colleges specify the Subject Tests to be taken; others allow
applicants to choose those they feel best qualified to take. Talk with your subject
area teachers and your counselor to discuss which tests are appropriate
for you.
Bulletins giving information on registering for the SAT I/SAT II and
ACT are available in any Guidance Office. To register for any of these
tests, you must send a completed registration form and test fee to
the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) or ACT by the registration
deadline.
It is important that when you register for a CEEB test, your name
is entered the same way each time. The College Board SCHOOL CODE
NUMBER for Lexington High School is 221190. The State and Country
Code for Middlesex County is 25017; for Suffolk County it is 25025.
Fee waiver forms are available for students with severe financial
need; check with your counselor. Students who plan to apply to Massachusetts
State Colleges must complete the Student Descriptive Questionnaire
(SDQ). Once you have filled out the SDQ, you are not required to do
so on subsequent forms.
After you have mailed your registration form to the College Board
office in Princeton, New Jersey, you will receive an admission packet
about two weeks before the test date. The packet will contain
your Admission Ticket, an attached Correction Form and an Additional
Report Request Form.
Your College Board scores will eventually be sent to individual colleges
at your request. Colleges will require you to have your scores
sent directly from the College Board. This is accomplished by answering
specific questions on the registration form. If you miss the late
registration deadline, you may be eligible for walk-in registration
on the day of the exam. There is an extra fee for walk-in registration.
Bring a check with you for the appropriate fees and the completed
registration form.
You should be aware that the policy of the College Board is to send
ALL your scores from each SAT test you take to the colleges you
designate. Therefore, there is probably no point in having your scores
sent to colleges during your junior year, since all your scores will
eventually be sent.
You may save money by having your scores sent to all of your college
choices when you register for the last time you plan to take College
Board tests, since current and previous results will be sent at that
time. If you need scores sent after you have registered for your last
College Board tests, you may do so online or use the Additional Request Forms you
receive with your admission packet or obtain these forms in the Guidance
Office. There is a fee for additional requests.
You will receive a copy of your results approximately four to six
weeks after you take the test whether or not you have test scores
sent to colleges. If you send an Additional Report Request Form, you
will also receive an acknowledgement form indicating where you had
your scores sent.
You may telephone College Board directly to reregister for a test,
to change your test, test date or test center, to send additional
score reports and to rush scores. There is a fee for these services. |
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| Test Scores and Score Reports |
Students’ score reports will
be mailed home about five weeks after the test. Please do not call
to ask for scores. If students request that their scores be sent to
colleges or scholarship programs, a report will be sent to each, usually
within four weeks after the test. The first four college reports are
free to the student. LHS will also receive a score report if students
provide LHS’s code number (221190) is on the registration.
Score reports are cumulative: they include information provided from
the Student Descriptive Questionnaire and scores for up to six SAT and six Subject Test administrations. Students cannot send only
their latest or highest SAT & SAT Subject Test scores or separate scores
for verbal or math sections. A score report will also list all the
colleges and scholarship programs designated to receive scores, with
descriptive and deadline information about each of the colleges listed.
(A student's list of colleges will not appear on score reports sent
to colleges.)
If it is necessary to send test scores to additional colleges, an
Additional Report Request Form can be used. One is usually sent in
the admission packet. These forms are also available from guidance
counselors. This service is also available by phone. Requests should
be made at least five weeks before the date colleges and scholarship
programs need to receive a report. College and scholarship codes appear
in the Registration Bulletin or can be accessed at <www.collegeboard.com/>. |
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