ACT - Delete Test Day Record

<p>I took the June ACT and feel that I vastly underperformed. I did not finish two sections and wrote a mediocre essay. I am expecting a score in the low 30s which obviously does not correlate to my 1600/2360 SAT score. I feel like I in the fall if I retake the ACT after studying I could potentially score a 35/36. I realize most schools support score-choice so the lower score would be irrelevant as I would not send it; however, a few schools I am thinking of applying to require all test scores. While these schools also claim that they only consider your highest scores, I feel that seeing a 30 next to a 35/36 could at the best have no effect, but more likely could be harmful to the validity of the higher score. Thus, I was curious if anyone has any experience with the ACT's policy of deleting a test record: ACT</a> FAQ : How do I delete a test date record? -- According to this could I see my score and then delete if from the ACT files. So when I send "All" my scores to certain colleges it would not be included as it would no longer exist, correct? Or would it be better to just call before this Thursday and have the score cancelled without be graded? Thanks for any advice.</p>

<p>Your deleting a test score that you are already aware of does not mean you can hide it from a school that requires all scores. In fact, for ACT those that require all scores often require you to list your scores in the application and then you need send only one official score; are you going to lie on the application? Moreover, once a score is released, your high school will have it and many put all your scores on your official high school transcript and thus deleting it with the ACT may accomplish nothing.</p>

<p>Now for the obvious. If you had a 2360 SAT, you had no logical reason to take the ACT unless you were required to take it in your state such as in Illinois or Colorado. Thus, if you believe it is not stellar, you should cancel it now before any score comes out and then do the wise thing and never take another SAT or ACT test for the rest of your life. The one thing that is not reported to any college is that you took and cancelled a test before the score came out.</p>