Lost SAT score?

Question

I took my SAT on standby and when I checked the collegeboard.com website it doesn't show anything? I need to turn in my application by Dec. 31st. Where is my score and how can I get it back?!

PS- I took the test in June of 06!

Answer 1

HI,

Go onto collegeboard.com. Under the section for Students is a place you can click to see scores. They say most scores from December are posted, but some are not. Being that you were a standby, you might be in the later group, which they say will generally be posted within a week.

Here is the write-up from collegeboard.com:


Why Aren't My SAT Scores Online Yet?
How and When Scores Are Released

Your SAT scores are released on collegeboard.com several weeks after you take the SAT. Although most scores are available on the first score release day, a small percentage is not. If you fall in this small percentage, you will not see your scores online and instead may see a message to check back at a later date.
How to Get Your Scores

Please come back to the site on the recommended date—usually about a week later—to check again for your scores and to see your full score report.

Scores may be released later for reasons that include a late receipt of answer sheets, missing information on your answer sheet or information that is inconsistent with your registration information, or other uncommon conditions that flag your test for more attention. Also, if you took a make-up test later than the actual test day, your scores will be released later.

We understand that it can be frustrating if you don't see your scores when you're expecting them, and we appreciate your patience.
SAT Scores in 10 Steps

Here's a simplified overview of how the scoring process typically works, to give you a sense of what's happening behind the scenes while you wait for your scores.

1. After you turn in your answer sheet to the test center supervisor, your answer sheet and all of the other forms are securely delivered to the College Board's processing center.
2. Your answer sheet is scanned and analyzed by our grading computers. The system takes all of those bubbles that you carefully filled in and calculates your "raw score." Basically, this is the number of "points" you earned based on the number of questions you answered correctly, minus a fraction of the number of some questions that you answered incorrectly.
3. Your raw score is then converted to a "scaled score" (reported on a 200-800 scale) by a process that ensures that the different forms of the test or the level of ability of other test-takers do not affect your score. This scaled score is what you see when you get your scores.
4. If you took the SAT Reasoning Test your essay is scanned and scored independently by two qualified readers. If the two readers' scores differ by more than one point, a third reader will score the essay.
5. Usually several weeks after you take the test, your SAT scores are released for free in a secure area of collegeboard.com. Scores are posted online between 6 and 8 a.m. (Eastern Time). You only see your scores at this point—your full, detailed score report is not prepared yet. Although most scores are available on this first score release day, a small percentage is not available—as detailed above.
6. To see your scores online, just sign in to your collegeboard.com account and navigate to the SAT scores area. For the first week that scores are available, your personal My Organizer page will alert you that your scores are in and give you a quick shortcut to view them.
7. Once your full score report is ready it will be posted in your personal My SAT area of collegeboard.com. Your score report includes a detailed breakdown of your scores, information about what your scores mean, and how your scores compare to scores of other college-bound seniors. If you took the SAT Reasoning Test, your actual essay is also available to view online.
8. About five weeks after you take the test, your official score report is mailed to you. It's also sent to your high school and to any colleges, universities, or scholarship programs that you identified as score recipients during your registration or any updates. Your score report will show which score recipients you have already selected.
9. You can order additional score reports to be sent to colleges, universities, scholarship programs, or other programs. (This is in addition to the four reports included with your registration that you had an opportunity to select by test day.) Only scores sent directly from the College Board are "official." For example, photocopied score reports or scores on your high school transcript can not be validated.
10. If you took the SAT Reasoning Test on certain test dates, you may be able to order the Question-and-Answer Service (QAS), which includes a booklet with your actual test questions and a report with answers. QAS is available for the SAT Reasoning Test only, and only on specific test dates. You can review and order these score services as part of your registration or when you receive your scores.

I hope when you get your scores that they are what you hoped for. Just in case, get the SAT book with 8 real SAT tests and practice before January's test! If there are problems that stump you, ask your teachers for help outside of class. Good luck and Merry Christmas!!!

Answer 2

Mosy colleges will take your application without the SAT score, just send it later. You may want to write a note explaining though.

Answer 3

Contact the College Board; they probably will be able to help.

Answer 4

you're supposed to get it in your school yourself in my highschool we had to get the SAT results in the college office. you can have another office but ask around your school what office they keep you SAT scores.