Does the ACT have score choice?

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<p>Does the ACT have score choice? Can I send whatever score I want to colleges despite their policies?</p>

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<p>Yes, you can send only one date’s scores if you choose to. </p>

<p>Though, you can’t mix and match section scores (Math from one date and Reading from another)</p>

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<p>Do all universities accept ACT’s score choice?</p>

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<p>ACT runs the scorechoice policy.
[ACT</a> Score Information: How Soon Scores Are Ready](<a href=“ACT Test Scores | ACT Scoring | ACT”>ACT Test Scores | ACT Scoring | ACT)</p>

<p>This means ACT won’t even send your other score, so colleges will never know.</p>

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<p>Sweet. Thanks</p>

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<p>Yup. ACT had the original score choice. SAT probably changed for competition’s sake.</p>

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<p>That damn SAT! Gotta hate collegeboard</p>

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<p>But note: some colleges (e.g. yale) specifically say you must submit all your scores, so score choice doesn’t always help.</p>

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<p>it’s not morally right but there is no reason to send yale all our scores because they have no way in telling how many times you took it. i would only send my best because any advantage in the messed up system of college helps.</p>

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<p>I am really confused about this score choice…so if you are applying to 6 schools, do you have to pay extra to send to them all? I don’t understand how it works. What’s the point? How do you get all schools to see your points?</p>

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<p>Sounds a bit risky…</p>

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<p>As a senior, I’ll answer these questions as generically as possible. Colleges cannot opt out of score-choice for either the ACT or SAT. Following their policy is a matter of integrity. Generally, there’s very little incentive to hide scores besides the following reasons:</p>

<ol>
<li>You took either test more than 4 times. </li>
<li>You scored more poorly on the recent exams.</li>
<li>Financial reasons *continued below.</li>
</ol>

<p>ACT:

  • Each score report is sent PER test PER school. This means that the costs can quickly add up if you plan on sending multiple score reports to multiple schools. Colleges know that this cost is a burden and some non score-choice schools allow one official score and “self-reporting” for the rest.<br>
  • There’s no way a college can know (unless scores appear on transcript) that you are withholding any information. </p>

<p>SAT:

  • Each score report is sent PER school. This report includes ALL previous test scores and SAT II scores unless you decide to use score choice.
  • If a school’s policy is against score-choice, CollegeBoard explicitly warns you that you are violating their policy when you uncheck a score.
  • Nevertheless, it is believed that CollegeBoard does not indicate (explicitly or implicitly) whether or not score-choice has been used. </p>

<p>I hope that helps.</p>

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<p>Thank you. Great Post</p>