<p>I've google searched for a definite answer but all the people who answered the question did not seem sure of themselves. Some said it gets there a day before you can see it. Some confirmed it but said it takes a week or two for them to download it. Some have said that rush reporting is a rip off and doesn't get there any sooner. Can one person give me a complete and detail explanation on this topic?</p>
<p>Do you mean when will colleges receive your score? I think it depends on where you are applying. Someone from admissions from the college I am applying to said it can take up to 6 weeks after the scores are up for the scores to be received by the college. My SAT scores that I took on October 7th were received AFTER my ACT scores that I took on October 27th.</p>
<p>If you designate the college in your test registration as one to automatically receive scores upone release, which you either should have already done but must do by no later than Monday, it is highly likely the score will be delivered before Jan 1. Colleges today have electronic delivery, meaning they have an on-line account with College Board and CB “sends” and delivers your scores simply by dumping them into that on-line account. If you designate college in your test registration, the score will be placed into that account on or up to two days before the date the scores are released to you on-line. The college itself may download the scores quickly and match them to your admission file quickly or the college may be slow at doing that and you might not see your scores show up in your admission file until well after Jan 1.</p>
<p>If you wait until after the score comes out to order the score sent, then the likelihood of their being delivered to the college by Jan 1 decreases. New orders have to be processed and checked by human beings, there are a limited number of human beings, and on the day the test scores come and over a couple days thereafter every test-taker in the world (tens of thousands) that just had to wait for the scores to come out before sending them orders scores sent, with the result that it can take several days to up to two weeks before your scores are dumped into those on-line accounts, particularly since it will be holiday time and even CB employees don’t work on the holidays. If you order a rush score it will speed up the process but not by much. </p>
<p>In other words, specifying the college in your test registration as one to receive scores upon release is the fastest form of delivery and the one that almost guarantees the scores will be delivered by Jan 1. I say almost because things can go wrong. Your scores could be put on hold while they do an investigation (which can happen just because you took a prior test and in this one your scores have greatly increased. Electronic systems could break down.</p>
<p>Finally, there is the issue as to whether it matters. For almost all colleges that have a Jan 1 app deadline, the scores don’t have to be there on Jan 1. In fact, if they get there by mid-Jan colleges are generally fine with that; many of them even take Jan SAT test scores. Moreover, the usual process if the school has not received your required scores on time is for the college to send you a notice asking that they be sent quickly or otherwise your application will be denied and that notice usually does not happen before end of Jan giving you another chance to send scores at that time.</p>
<p>Thank you for that informative post drusba! I sent them all to UC’s so I think i’m covered then.</p>
<p>You only need to send your scores to one UC to which you are applying since all other UCs automatically get them from the one. Thus, you don’t need to use all your free college designations in the test registration on UCs.</p>