Cost of sending ACT test scores - annoyed

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rice University
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Just a vent. My son took the ACT once a year starting as a freshman, so four times total. (He’s weird - he likes standardized testing.) He improved each time, but his best scores on all sections and overall were from his last sitting in June he started his senior year: 35 overall. Meaning, no need for super scoring.

Rice wants ALL test scores anyway. That’s $13 x 4 tests + $24 “archive fee” for the one from freshman year…a total of $76 just for ACT tests. Plus two SAT subject test scores for Math 2 and Chemistry ($12 each), application fee ($75), and CSS profile fee ($16).

We have $191 wrapped up just in this application! Grrr. Love the schools that allow you to self-report, and if you’re admitted, send the official reports to prove you didn’t lie.

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It is annoying how the ACT charges for each individual sitting.

Hopefully you just paid one fee to send the SAT subject tests, since college board lets you send all scores to a specific school for the one $12 fee.

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I thought the Rice application was free?

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I would not send the freshman archived version

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@techinerd the Rice application isn’t free ($75). Having said that, it seems Rice does give a generous amount of fee waivers. My D received one after interviewing in late summer via email. It worked out because she was accepted ED.

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My son got a fee waiver for no apparent reason so I assumed everyone got one.