Aug 29 SAT registrations BEWARE

[Anonymous]

How awful, OP!

And completely crappy of the CB. That is what happens when a private business or two have the monopoly on a viable resource.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Same here, luckily DC knew to check the closed centers list and saw it was cancelled, the day after the final test center change deadline. Was super upset. PP, college board likely hasn’t communicated this, but Shepherd is closed. See the list of closed sites here: https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/sat/register/test-center-closings

Thank you PP. There are A LOT of closed centers in VA! So far DD’s center is still open. Will keep checking.

[Anonymous]

DDs test center in PA is not closed but she’s just decided to go test optional this year. We think the long drive coupled with wearing masks for 4 hours and the stress of a last minute cancellation is not worth it.

[Anonymous]

CB is rendering itself unnecessary. It’s going to find itself litigated out of existence and universities are going to end up taking SATs out of consideration for acceptance decisions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CB is rendering itself unnecessary. It’s going to find itself litigated out of existence and universities are going to end up taking SATs out of consideration for acceptance decisions.

A lot of it will depend on how the next 1-2 years of choosing students and their subsequent success rate goes, without the tests. Most applications this coming year will be test-optional with no test results. If they are still able to put together an admitted batch that performs successfully, at about the same rate as always, without the SAT or ACT as part of the application, I bet it will be gone for good.

[Anonymous]

^^ Would let kids focus even more on grades and EC enrichment rather than prepping for these fricking tests, as they should be.

[Anonymous]

Some will worry about those kids who are low-income, having to work too, making lower grades as a result, but acing the SAT or ACT which helps them break through. But there’s got to be another way to help those kids shine through without subjecting hundreds of thousands of kids to these tests.

[Anonymous]

My DC was kicked out of the July 18 ACT with no notice. When I spoke to the ACT rep they told me in that case - the school chooses the students to eliminate. DC was scheduled at a Prince William Cty school, but wasn't a student there, so the ACT rep told me thats probably how the students were picked. Best bet is to lobby your own school, school district to give the school day SAT so your own student is prioritized. Thats what a lot of the private schools are doing so just their students take the test in their own school. Probably helps with any liability issue also.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just logged into the College Board website to add a school to my DS’s score report recipients, and the August 29th registration was gone. Completely missing. I called the College Board, waited on hold FOREVER, and was told that the test center limited the number of seats and my DS’s registration was one of the registrations arbitrarily cancelled. Neither DS nor I have received any email or official word from other the test center or the College Board yet and clearly haven’t gotten a refund yet. I’d fight it but I don’t even know how. I know many people are planning to drive pretty far away to try get this SAT in. Make sure you check the website before you depart.

Where were you going to take it?

My kid is signed up to take it at Shepherd University next week.

OP here: test center was Forest Park HS in Prince William County, VA

This is the same school district that cancelled DCs ACT. I think they eliminate students who are not in their county.

[Anonymous]

Charlottesville was also cancelled. Maybe the DMV is not a good area to take the exams. Any ideas for states that are still administering the SATs. Maybe we'll try there for the next one.

[Anonymous]

So far it looks like most if not all the FCPS schools are still on for this Saturday, although they can still cancel at the last minute. Crossing fingers and knocking on wood like crazy.

[Anonymous]

I have my kid registered for the ACT in September, and twice for the SAT in October. Hopefully, one of those will happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So far it looks like most if not all the FCPS schools are still on for this Saturday, although they can still cancel at the last minute. Crossing fingers and knocking on wood like crazy.

Superintendent Brabrand has repeatedly said he plans to allow the SAT test in FCPS schools. This is quoted directly from the FCPS website, Superintendent Return to School Update on August 4th:

We will proceed with the scheduled August 29 SAT testing at several FCPS high schools.

[Anonymous]

Attended a prepping for college seminar over the weekend (online). The presenters noted that the SAT/ ACT boards have no power over availability at schools who may decide to close at the last minute based on local schools oversight / local COVID conditions They noted that universities/ colleges understand that this is a real problem this year. It was clear there is much more availability for ACT tests this fall than SAT test dates. You can take tests on Sundays when there seems to be more availability from what they are hearing from student families.

[Anonymous]

My son was earlier registered in Briar woods high. That was cancelled and i reregistered him in Louisa County high school for Aug 29th. Yesterday i noticed that it is cancelled in Louisa county high school too. We have not received any email yet. Would we even receive an email? Should my son continue to prepare? Any help on this is greatly appreciated.