<p>It has come to my attention that I had sent a college my application without any mention of my ACT scores at all. They were quite poor (as I wasn't feeling well that day), so I never included them in any of my applications. I only had taken the test once, and so that one time is the only set of scores I have. However, I have heard colleges can rescind admissions if they find out you are withholding academic information (which now I realize I have done). On the other hand, I do not want to submit a letter admitting something that the college will never discover. Also, I have read over the ACT's privacy policy, and I do not believe they are allowed to share my scores without my consent, and thus I do not believe it should be a real problem; I do want to be 100% sure, though. No scores show up on my transcripts, so would it be at all possible that a college finds out that I had taken the ACT and not reported it on my application?</p>
<p>No, they can only get your exam scores if you send them.</p>
<p>Not reporting exam scores is not the same thing as withholding academic information. Exam scores aren’t academic information at all. They are exam scores. Your grades are academic information. If you don’t send transcripts from all of the high schools you have attended and from any community college classes that you have taken for credit, that is what would count as withholding academic information.</p>
<p>You’re not “withholding academic information.” That’s if you went to two high schools but only sent the transcript from one of them.</p>
<p>Colleges don’t require that you send scores from the ACT as long as you meet their testing requirements. Therefore, it’s perfectly within your rights to withhold your ACT scores.</p>
<p>However, I have reason to believe that colleges get some information regarding your scores, as they seem to determine which schools send spam and which types of spam they send. They don’t get your official scores, though.</p>
<p>Thank you very much for your responses. I’m way less stressed now, knowing that I haven’t even done anything wrong, much less anything that I could be thrown out of the institution I’m dying to go to. Again, your responses are greatly appreciated.</p>