Schools & the Jan PCAT

For those of you who took the October PCAT and are also planning on taking the January PCAT, are you notifying the schools you applied to (well, the ones that accept the Jan PCAT) that you are going to be retaking it? I'm confused because all of the schools I applied to are waiting on my PCAT scores. I took it in October but think I can do better, so I'm taking it again in Jan. Without knowing, I'm afraid that most schools will go ahead and review my application as soon as they get my Oct PCAT scores. By the time they get my January scores they will have already made a decision about me (regardless of what my Jan score is.)

Am I right? What is the best way to handle this?

I didn't even think about this until I received an email from one school giving applicants the option to have their application review placed on "hold" if we wished to use our January scores instead of the Oct ones.

 

Yes, a couple of the schools I applied to do accept the January PCAT... hence where my question stems from...

 

I guess that is the best way to do it. I'm just curious as to how schools handle this issue, because I know many many people are going to be taking the January exam.

Anyone who's in the same position and gets a response from a school, please post what they said... maybe we can all help each other out a little by sharing some info.

I know Campbell requests that you write a formal letter to them stating your plan to take the January test.