Do I need to report my SAT score for IB?

I’m a non-diversity candidate at a semi-target school and have a low SAT score. None of the colleges I planned to apply to required test scores, so I didn’t put much effort into the SAT at the time. I honestly had no idea it would matter after college applications.

Now I’ve learned that investment banks ask for SAT scores, and I was wondering if it’s okay to just put “N/A” or say I didn’t take the test, instead of reporting the score. I’m not sure if banks can check that or if doing so could get me into trouble. I’m just looking for some advice on what the best move would be.

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Agree with above. I only got asked it occasionally on applications for early insights days, have to imagine even that will begin to be phased out some more. You'll be all good. 

 

It doesn’t matter that much. Got offer from bank that required it in application and only had ~1300.

 

Somewhat related, how much do high school related experiences matter for recruiting / whatnot? Assuming I get into a target school, does it matter if I was a national debate champion for ex or just a more "normal" student if that makes sense?

 

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