Sending Test Scores for Overseas University Applications

• Regarding SAT, TOEFL, and IB Result:

• These conditions apply only to the 2021-22 academic year.

• These conditions apply only at the time of application.

  • There are quite a few cases where self-reporting is required after acceptance.

• Summarized in the table below:

  • self-report: where you can self-report on the application form
  • official: where you need to send official test scores through a designated form (with a deadline of December 18th)
  • counselor: where the scores are sent by the school counselor
  • blank: not yet investigated (does not mean it is not required!)
  • For the complicated universities not included in the table, they will be mentioned below.

	SAT	TOEFL (int)	IB Pred	IB Final
UWashington Application	self-report	official	? (mentioned in additional info)	?
UC Berkeley Application		official	self-report
UCLA Application			send by school	official (after acceptance)
UCSD Application				official (after acceptance?)
Applying to Harvard	self-report	?	send by school	self-report
Stanford Application	self-report	?
Swarthmore Application	self-report	?
Columbia Application	self-report	official (if not taking SAT)		self-report
UChicago Application	self-report	self-report
Application to Caltech	self-report	official?
Amherst Application	self-report	official
JHU Application	self-report	official
Brown Application	self-report	?
MIT Application	self-report	self-report

• SAT

  • It’s safe to assume that all of these require self-reporting, except for Princeton.

• TOEFL

  • Not sure about this one.
  • It’s too much trouble, so unless it’s confirmed as self-reporting or not required, it’s better to send all scores.
    • Confirmed self-reporting:
      • MIT https://mitadmissions.org/apply/firstyear/tests-scores/
      • UChicago https://collegeadmissions.uchicago.edu/apply/first-year-applicants/international-applicants/english-proficiency-testing
    • Confirmed not required:
      • Columbia (if SAT is satisfied) https://undergrad.admissions.columbia.edu/english-proficiency

• IB Result

  • If it’s not necessary to send it, I don’t want to send it (I want to be evaluated based on predicted scores only).
  • If there is no basis for sending it, I don’t want to send it.

    • UC

      • Berkeley and UCSD don’t accept additional info, so they can’t be sent.

    • MIT

    • CA

  • Williams told me to send it, so I’m a little worried if other universities are okay with not sending it.
    • Well, if it’s not requested, I can just leave it.

• Notes

  • UC application
    • Be careful because the information on the UC website and the campus-specific websites may differ.
    • Some campus-specific websites state that TOEFL scores should be sent.
      • For example, UC Berkeley
      • UCLA is ambiguous and hard to understand.
    • TOEFL scores are apparently shared across all campuses (not for DET and IELTS).
      • https://admission.ucla.edu/apply/international-applicants
  • In other words, are IB scores for those taking the May exam only after acceptance?
    • Then the system might be based on that assumption. https://www.compassprep.com/self-reporting-test-scores/

• This resource seems useful.

  • It also includes the source, which is nice.