Submit or Withhold Worksheet

Fill one submit or withhold call per school here. Ivy Ready's default framework is to submit if your score is at or above that school's 50th percentile for enrolled students. That is a planning rule, not a universal admissions rule. The 50th percentile is the median, not the bottom of the middle 50% range. Common Data Set Section C9 is the usual source for current SAT and ACT 25th / 50th / 75th figures. Which sittings to send lives on the score send worksheet. Confirm the current policy on the school site before you apply.

Your score

• SAT or ACT score I would submit (use the superscore if the school superscores):
• If I have both tests, the one that sits better vs the school's 50th (submit only one unless the second also clears the threshold):

Policy types

• Test-optional: you choose. No submission is not an automatic penalty.
• Test-blind: scores are not reviewed even if you send them. Do not submit.
• Test-flexible: other evidence (AP, IB) may stand in for SAT/ACT.

School rows

Find the 50th percentile in the Common Data Set (Section C9) or the school's class profile. Merit cutoffs live on the scholarship page, not the admissions page.

Routing check

SAT point bands below are SAT-only. Do not convert them for ACT.

• At or above the school's 50th: submit.
• SAT only, within 20 points below, and the rest of the file is strong: you may submit.
• SAT only, within 20 points below at a mid-tier school with merit aid: check the merit cutoff before you withhold.
• SAT only, 30 or more points below: withhold, unless a merit cutoff you need is lower than your score.
• ACT: compare your Composite (English + Math + Reading) directly to that school's ACT 50th. At or above, submit. Below, withhold unless a merit cutoff or a strong rest-of-file judgment says otherwise.
• Test-blind: do not submit.
• No score yet, and time remains: take the test. Do not default to no-score by inaction.

• I used the 50th percentile (median), not the bottom of the middle 50%
• I checked merit or honors cutoffs before any withhold
• I checked program-specific cutoffs (nursing, engineering, business) where they exist

The routing examples and Jasmine walkthrough live in the test-optional score guide.

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