<p>it seems like whenever someone gets a perfect score on the ACT/SAT, they end up on their towns local news or in the newspaper.</p>
<p>how exactly does that happen, does your school have permission to release your ACT scores to the news agencies? or does the school ask the permission of the student?</p>
<p>The College Board does not release SAT scores without a student’s consent, and this usually applies to submissions to colleges–not to news agencies. I’m fairly confident ACT, Inc. has the same or a similar policy.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that it is the student themselves or their family who contact the news agencies.</p>
<p>Ask Silverturtle, he got a mention in his local paper.</p>
<p>Nothing happened after my perfect SAT score. But after I got 36 on the ACT, a letter was sent to my school and somehow a local television network found out and interviewed me (they showed up at my school with about fifteen minutes’ notice).</p>
<p>Unfortunately in my town, that would happen wayyy too often, so no I don’t think that happens here.</p>
<p>Yep. both organizations send out press releases about high achievers. The ACT company actually organizes luncheons. Bear in mind, it is in their self-interest–they are trying to keep their market share.</p>
<p>My son got a perfect SAT score - nobody ever reported it</p>
<p>My son got a perfect ACT score, but we live in Chicago, so it’s not really newsworthy.</p>