New Collegeboard SAT policy

Starting with the class of 2010, Collegeboard will allow students to pick and choose which scores they wish to send to colleges. Obviously this is better for students who take the test more than once, since they can make sure only their highest SAT score is seen by colleges.

I was always wondering why it wasn't possible to do this for the SAT and SAT subject tests in the past, but it seems like increased competition from the ACT has forced the collegeboard to adopt this measure.

Lastly, there has been talk that this is disadvantageous to students who are poor, and students who choose not to retake the SAT. This is an obvious consequence, but this new SAT policy will also reward students who study hard, and get higher scores.