<p>Hi guys I am a current senior in high school. Last year I took both the ACT and SAT. I ended up getting a 2070 SAT and 30 ACT. I decided to retake both tests again this year. I took the SAT on the 11th and am awaiting my scores which I will get on Tuesday. I felt happy with the test and felt that I had indeed done better. Flash forward to today, I took the ACT. I feel like I started strong on the 1st section then got to the math. I had some timing issues on the math that made me start panicking and I was also really tired. I think my next two sections were not very good. I don't really know how to gage my performance but I am worried that I really screwed myself today. Should I try to cancel these scores? Should I just chill out and see what I got? I've felt bad all day and I'm looking for some advice. Thanks</p>
<p>Do any of the colleges you are considering require you to report all scores? If not, then I would not worry. Are you applying ED? If not, you could register for the December 13th ACT once you have your Oct SAT scores back. If you are happy with Oct SAT score, no need to retake ACT in Dec.</p>
<p>@CT1417 I am unsure if the colleges I’m applying to require all scores. I will have to check. I am not applying ED to any schools. I guess I will just wait until Tuesday for now and hope that they were indeed better. I guess worse case scenario I could take the ACT one more time. Thanks</p>
<p>As far as I know, it’s really only a handful of colleges that require all scores. I will probably get this wrong, but I think Yale, Stanford, Carnegie Mellon—all tests from one agency, as in all SAT or all ACT, Cornell & Penn. Penn clearly states all SAT & all ACT; Cornell posts contradicting info on own website.</p>
<p>Am sure there are others but those are the ones that came to mind.</p>
<p>@CT1417 Assuming I’m happy with my SAT scores should I just send them and not even send any of my ACT scores?</p>
<p>Unless a college requires that you send entire testing history (Yale, Stanford & CMU above), then just send the test that presents you in the best light. If the two scores confirm each other, send both, if you wish, but if you took each test three times to attain the final score, you might not want to send scores from both agencies.</p>
<p>Other than schools that require entire testing history, you are under no obligation to send both sets of scores, so, yes, if happy with SAT score, stop testing and move on to writing essays and filling out the CA.</p>
<p>You mentioned that you will have your Oct 11th SAT score back this Tuesday. Has something changed this year? They always reported 19 days after test date for the prior couple of years, except once when the 19th day fell on Christmas, I think.</p>
<p>@CT1417 Thanks for your advice. I am unsure if anything has changed but I just double checked on the website and can confirm that scores are available on the 28th.</p>
<p>@kinglime – thank you for that info. This does represent a change, at least since my sons took tests last year and the year before. Even as recently as this past June, scores were not available until the 19th day. Thanks again for the tip!</p>