SAT and SAT Subject TESTS
SAT AND ACT SCORES MUST BE FORWARDED TO THE COLLEGES BY
THE STUDENT
Waldwick
High School will not be responsible for sending your scores
Some of the following Data was taken from the collegeboard web site. Please check
the website for the most up-to-date data
ABOUT THE SAT
WHEN THE SAT’s ARE HELD:
The SAT’s
are generally held on a monthly basis during the school year. SATS will be
held on-site at WHS for each month they are offered.
HOW TO REGISTER FOR THE SAT:
You must
register online at: www.collegeboard.org
WHS CEEB CODE:
You must
enter Waldwick High School
WHAT IS THE SAT?
While high
school grades are a very useful indicator of how students will perform in
college, there is great variation in
grading standards and course rigor within and across high schools. More
than 80 years ago the College
Board created the first standardized
college entrance test to help colleges and universities identify
students who could succeed at their institutions and to connect students with
educational opportunities beyond high school.
Today, the
SAT Reasoning Test is the benchmark standardized
assessment of the critical
reading, mathematical reasoning, and writing skills students have
developed over time and that they need to be successful in college.
AVERAGE SAT SCORE:
SAT scores
are reported on a scale from 200-800, with additional subscores reported for
the essay (ranging from 2-12) and for multiple-choice writing questions (on a
20-80 scale). Your scores tell college admissions staff how you did compared
with other students who took the test. For example, if you scored close to the
mean or average — about 500 on SAT critical reading and 500 on SAT mathematics
— admissions staff would know that you scored as well as about half of the
students who took the test nationally
WHAT IS THE SAT SUBJECT TEST?
SAT
Subject Tests are the only national admissions tests that measure students'
knowledge and skills in particular subject areas, and their ability to apply
that knowledge. They are closely linked to the high school curriculum and have
a proven track record of providing colleges with a highly reliable,
objective assessment of student readiness for college-level work. The SAT
Subject Tests give students an additional opportunity to distinguish themselves
and showcase their skills in a particular subject area.
Students
take the SAT Subject Tests to demonstrate to colleges their mastery of specific
subjects such as English, history, mathematics, science, and foreign
languages. The content of each test is not based on any one approach or
curriculum but rather evolves to reflect current trends in high school course
work.
SENDING SAT SCORES ONLINE TO COLLEGES and SENDING COSTS:
Choose four SCORE recipients for FREE during registration. You can make updates to your score
recipients for up to nine days after your test date. For all additional reports
– there is a $10.50 fee per report.
**Students can select which scores they send to colleges by test date for the SAT and by
individual test for SAT Subject Tests.
SENDING SAT SCORES
TO COLLEGES
STUDENTS WILL BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR SENDING SAT AND ACT SCORES DIRECTLY TO THE COLLEGES THEY PLAN
TO APPLY TO. WHS WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR SENDING YOUR SCORES.
The
following data taken from the collegeboard website:
HOW TO SEND YOUR
SCORES WITH REGISTRATION
Choose
four score recipients for FREE during registration. You can make updates to your score recipients
for up to nine days after your test date.
SEND ADDITIONAL
SCORES
Four score
sends are included free with your registration. If you choose to send more than
four, or to send scores outside the registration time period, you will be
charged per score send.
HOW SCORE CHOICE™ WORKS
Select
which scores you want to send to your score recipients. Score Choice gives you the option to choose
which scores (by test date for the SAT and by individual test for SAT Subject
Tests™) you send to colleges — in accordance with an institution's stated
score-use practice.
If you
decide not to use Score Choice, all of your scores will be sent to your
recipients. Students should still feel comfortable sending all scores, since
most colleges consider a student’s best score.
SENDING SCORES TO
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS
For
certain college and university systems, once you submit your score to one
school, other schools within that system will also have access to your score.
Please note, however, that if you are applying to more than one school within a
college or university system, it is still important for you to send your SAT
scores to each individual school. If you are not sure whether the specific
school you are applying to is part of such a system, contact the school's admissions
office.
SCORE REPORTS AND
SCORE SENDING
Sending
official SAT score reports is the only way to ensure that colleges receive your
scores.
Four SAT
score reports are included free with your registration.
Sending
scores with your registration is the fastest way to send scores to colleges and
scholarship programs.
Many
colleges view receiving your scores early as a demonstration of your interest.
SAT
Program recommends that students send all of their scores if they are unsure of
which scores to send.
ACT TESTS
SAT AND ACT SCORES MUST BE FORWARDED TO THE COLLEGES BY
THE STUDENT
Waldwick
High School will not be responsible for sending your scores
Some of the following Data was taken from the ACT web
site. Please check the website for the
most up-to-date data
WHAT IS THE ACT?
The
ACT is a national college admissions examination that consists of subject area
tests in: English, Math, Reading U.S.
The
ACT multiple-choice tests are curriculum based. The ACT is not an aptitude or
an IQ test. Instead, the questions on the ACT are directly related to what you
have learned in your high school courses in English, mathematics, reading, and
science. Because the ACT tests are based on what is taught in the high school
curriculum, students are generally more comfortable with the ACT than they are
with traditional aptitude tests or tests with narrower content.
HOW TO REGISTER FOR THE ACT:
You must
register online at: www.actstudent.org
WHEN THE ACT’s ARE HELD:
The ACT’s
are generally held every other month – or around six times during the school
year.
WHS CEEB CODE:
You must
enter Waldwick High School
What is the difference between the ACT and SAT?
The
ACT is an achievement test, measuring what a student has learned in school. The
SAT is more of an aptitude test, testing reasoning and verbal abilities.
The
ACT has up to 5 components: English, Mathematics, Reading
The
College Board introduced a new version of the SAT in 2005, with a mandatory
writing test. ACT continues to offer its well-established test, plus an
optional writing test. You take the ACT Writing Test only if required by the
college(s) you're applying to.
The
SAT has a correction for guessing. That is, they take off for wrong answers.
The ACT is scored based on the number of correct answers with no penalty for
guessing.
The
ACT has an Interest Inventory that allows students to evaluate their interests
in various career options.
Check with the colleges you are
interested in to see which tests they utilize most during the admissions
process.
The SAT is a more widely used
test for colleges in the East Coast while the ACT is more established in the
Western part of the country.
In addition to speaking with
your counselor – please take the time to review both of these web sites to
better understand these tests.
