<p>I want to take the ACT as a junior right now, but I want to just practice it in that setting as a real test. Is it possible to take it and not show the scores? On the other hand, if I do well, can I keep the score?</p>
<p>yes you can. ACT allows you to pick and choose which score to send</p>
<p>You don't have to show the scores, just beware that it looks bad to the college.</p>
<p>
[quote]
You don't have to show the scores, just beware that it looks bad to the college.
[/quote]
Not really. Colleges won't necessarily know. They know that the ACT gives you that option so why would it look bad?</p>
<p>^ Yeah how could it look bad if they never know? Plus most colleges don't care anyway. They'll just look at your highest scores, regardless of when they occur.</p>
<p>yeah its not like colleges are trying to sabotage you.</p>
<p>... you never know... cut throat academics.. love it</p>
<p>Don't some colleges ask you to list all your past scores on your application? They want the official score report to make sure, but they'll trust you in some sense if they ask for each of your scores.</p>
<p>ACT has score choice. You can decide which (if any) score you want to send to colleges. However, when you register, make sure you don't put down your high school name. Some high schools include standardized test scores on your transcript. When you have a score that you are happy with request a score report be sent to your high school.</p>
<p>Colleges do not ask for all your scores, and you select which ACT to submit.</p>
<p>One of the colleges I'm applying to asked if I've ever taken the ACT, and if YES, list EVERY date you've taken it. If you had like 5-6 ACTs throughout high school, then you could just list the best 3. I feel that colleges will require you to post all your scores on your app because now that collegeboard will allow students to choose which score report to send, you'll see people just taking subject tests all the time trying to get 800s on as many subject tests knowing that they can keep getting 600s and low 700s and colleges will never see that. IT means more money for collegeboard but it'll make admissions a lot harder because students will take the SAT many times to perfect their score knowing that colleges superscore. Colleges have to find some way to counter this.</p>
<p>So if I put my school down, but don't request my scores to be sent to a college, the college may still be able to see my scores on my transcript? Wow. Pressure.</p>