Scores
Locate your test date below to find out when you can see your scores and when we start sending them to colleges. Remember colleges may take additional time to retrieve or process your scores. Also, some colleges don't accept scores by Internet delivery, and these institutions will not receive scores until they arrive in the mail (see the last column for mailing dates). Please check with specific colleges to understand when SAT scores need to be received to meet application deadlines.
| Delivery to Students | Delivery to Colleges | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test Date | Scores by Web | Paper Scores Begin Mailing | Internet Score Delivery | Paper/CD-ROM Scores Begin Mailing |
| October 4, 2008 | October 23, 2008 | October 31, 2008 | October 23, 2008 | October 27, 2008 |
| November 1, 2008 | November 20, 2008 | December 1, 2008 | November 20, 2008 | November 24, 2008 |
| December 6, 2008 | December 23, 2008 | January 5, 2009 | December 23, 2008 | December 29, 2009 |
| January 24, 2009 | February 12, 2009 | February 20, 2009 | February 12, 2009 | February 17, 2009 |
| March 14, 2009 | April 2, 2009 | April 10, 2009 | April 2, 2009 | April 6, 2009 |
| May 2, 2009 | May 21, 2009 | June 1, 2009 | May 21, 2009 | May 26, 2009 |
| June 6, 2009 | June 25, 2009 | July 6, 2009 | June 25, 2009 | June 29, 2009 |
Note: Most colleges accept October and November scores to meet Early Decision/Early Action deadlines. Also, College Board expedites mailed October and November college reports available by the dates above.
View SAT Scores
To view your scores on the Web, click the View and Send Scores button above and sign in to visit your My SAT after 8 a.m. Eastern Time on or after the dates listed above. From there you can see your entire score history and a history of all score recipients to which you have previously sent scores. Please note that a small number of scores take longer to report and may not be available on the dates listed here.
Updating Your Score Recipients
You can make changes to your score recipients easily in your My SAT account. When you register, you can send four score reports at no cost. You can change these score recipients until 11:59 PM (EST) on the Monday one week after your scheduled test date.
My SAT Online Score Report
My SAT Online Score Report is available free to every student who takes the SAT—all you need is an online College Board account.
While you'll still receive your printed SAT score report in the mail, My SAT Online Score Report shows you more about how you performed on each section of the SAT Reasoning Test™. It gives you the types of questions, level of difficulty, and how many in each group of questions you answered correctly, incorrectly, or omitted. Percentile information has also been enhanced to give you better comparisons with other groups of test-takers.
My Online Score Report helps you to:
- Understand specifics about how the test is structured and scored, including the writing section and the essay.
- Get detailed insights into how you performed on each section of the test, including responses by question type and difficulty.
- See how your scores compare to the scores of students in your school, state, and nationally.
- Search for the right colleges, majors, and careers based on your scores.
- Work on improving your scores on a future test through targeted preparation and links to SAT® Skills Insight™.
- View a printable copy of your actual essay response and see sample essays that received various scores.
Please note: The actual essay images seen by readers for scoring purposes are clearer than the images we can display on our website.
Send SAT Scores
In addition to the score reports you chose to send when you registered for the SAT, you can send scores to other colleges and scholarship programs for an additional fee. We will report scores that are available and reportable at the time your request is received.
- Only score reports from completed and scored tests will be sent. You can only send scores that appear next to test dates on your SAT Status page. Scores from future tests for which you have registered, but have not yet completed, will not be included.
- Scores are mailed to you, and the additional colleges and programs requested, approximately four weeks after we process your request. Please remember that an additional week may be needed for the score recipients to process your scores, once they receive them.
- All available scores will be sent, including those from previous test administrations. You cannot send only your latest or highest SAT Reasoning Test scores, or separate scores for critical reading or mathematics or writing, or only SAT Reasoning Test or only SAT Subject Tests scores.
- Rush reporting is available for an additional fee. Rush scores are sent two business days after your request is received. Be sure to check with the institutions before requesting this service: not all colleges can accept rush reporting.
- Remember, most colleges and universities require official score reports sent from the College Board.
Additional Information
Your official printed score report will be mailed to you, your high school, and to colleges and scholarship programs designated on your Registration Form about five weeks after the test.
You may also get your SAT scores with Scores by Phone. An additional fee applies.
SAT Scoring Before March 2005
If you took an SAT prior to March 2005, click here for information on scoring and score reports.
