SAT Registration Guidelines | Westford Public Schools

Guidelines for Registration for College Board Tests

Most colleges require SAT Reasoning scores because they are considered to be a standard measure of abilities important for college work. Some colleges also require two or three SAT 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. Math is frequently suggested. 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 Reasoning, SAT Subject, and ACT are available in the Guidance Office. To register for any of these tests, you must go online to the College Board website to complete a registration form and to submit the test fee to the College Entrance Examination Board (CEEB) or go to the ACT website for the 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 CEEB# for Westford Academy is 222335. The State and Country Code for Middlesex County is 25017.

After you have registered, you will receive an email confirmation. An admission packet will arrive about two weeks before the test date. The packet will contain a 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, as well as a form of photo ID.

You should be aware that the policy of the College Board is to send all your scores from each SAT Reasoning test you take to the colleges you designate. Therefore, it is most likely best to refrain from sending scores to colleges during your junior year, since all your scores will eventually be sent following the fall administration in your senior year.

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 use the Additional Request Forms you receive with your admission packet or obtain these forms in the Guidance Office. There is a fee for this last request. Be sure to release held SAT II score choice scores prior to having scores sent to colleges.

You will receive a copy of your results approximately four 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 acknowledgment form indicating where you had your scores sent. You may email College Board directly to re-register 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.

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. Westford Academy will also receive a score report if students provide WA's code number (222335) on the registration form.

Score reports are cumulative: they include information provided from the Student Descriptive Questionnaire and scores for up to six SAT Reasoning and six Subject Test administrations. Students cannot send only their latest or highest scores or separate scores for verbal or math or writing 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 online. The fee for each additional score report is $9.50. 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 online and in the Registration Bulletin.