<p>Do i have to provide my SSN? I don;t feel comfortable giving it out, would this be a problem for me when i apply to colleges?</p>
<p>You're going to need to give it to colleges, so I don't see the problem. I wasn't comfortable at first either, but the ACT is a company I think you can trust.</p>
<p>You do not need to give them your SSN. However they will never be able to provide it to the colleges when they send your scores.</p>
<p>I did not provide mine.</p>
<p>But it wouldnt be a serious problem when i need to send my scores to colleges right? Because i do not plan to give my ssn.</p>
<p>I didn't provide mine and there haven't been many issues, but I wish I had. It would just make it easier for colleges to match my scores with my files when they're sent.</p>
<p>If you plan on being an intercollegiate athlete and may take the ACT more than once, give your SSN. My daughter didn't and took the ACT twice. She didn't specify any schools ahead of time, but she did put down the NCAA Clearinghouse. Since each test had a separate ID number assigned by ACT, the Clearinghouse created two files for my daughter.</p>
<p>It was a major hassle to get this corrected.</p>
<p>I can see the same problem arising if schools are specified in advance.</p>
<p>I THINK that if you consistently DON'T put down your SSN, you will get the same ACT ID each time you register. I could be wrong, though.</p>
<p>no, Mrs. F. you are right</p>
<p>That's not the way it worked for us. My daughter tried to register the second time with the number she had been assigned for the first test, but the ACT web site wouldn't accept it. So she signed up without a number and a different one was assigned. Perhaps if we had called ACT we could have gotten this switched, but we didn't realize it was a problem until she was under the gun trying for NCAA eligibility before a particular competition. </p>
<p>It wasn't an unsolvable problem, but doing it over again she just would have used her SSN to begin with! And not relied upon her school to know what all had to be done for eligibility ... it was a crazy two weeks. The two files situation was just part of the problem. </p>
<p>Of course, this was testing two years ago. The way things work now could be different.</p>
<p>If you call in to re-register you can definitely get the same number.</p>
<p>Ah, if we could only go back in time and do things differently ...</p>
<p>I dont have a act id number.. i checked my admission ticket.. i only have a MATCH ID number but its 10digits.. act id is like 9</p>
<p>use you ssn. its just that much easier for everyone</p>
<p>I'd recommend just being consistent, that's what I'm doing at least. I never used my SSN for the SATs or AP exams, so I'm not going to use it now.</p>
<p>this is my first time taking ACT and my SSN is not on my registration ticket.. only a 10digit match id which is not a act id..</p>
<p>emory, if your match ID starts with a 0 then your ACT ID is a dash + the last eight digits of your match ID. If your match ID starts with a 1 then your record has an SSN on it.</p>
<p>So, for example if your match ID was (Not my actual ID):</p>
<p>00012-84570</p>
<p>It means that your SSN is not on the database (because it starts with 0) and your ACT ID is -01284570?</p>
<p>Azure: yes.</p>
<p>wow that clears up so much, thanks Mrs. Ferguson.</p>
<p>I provided my SSN when I took the Act. I took it again and didn't provide it. Is this going to create a major hassle for me? How can I fix this? Can I send the ACT my Social Security number again? Can they match it?</p>