<p>I heard that within 2 weks after you take the test, you can get your score online. But for the schools that you listed , does it take longer? And let's say I get the scores online after 2 weeks, can i make the scores arrive sooner at the recepient colleges by ordering priority delivery(2 business days)?Or, is that option only available after the regular 4-7 weeks after the test?</p>
<p>I think many schools get the scores about the same time you get them online (as long as your writing scores are available, if you took writing). All of them should get them very soon after. As soon as you can see ALL your scores, you can order priority reports for additional colleges, but there's no point in doing so for the ones you put down when you registered.</p>
<p>Thank you mrs. Ferguson.</p>
<p>If you look at ACT</a> Institutional Services, you can see the different reporting options that are available to colleges. The first option is the fastest: I am pretty sure it goes out twice a week, and the college gets it immediately over the internet. This should get to schools at the same time you can see all your scores online. The paper option, D, I think is mailed at the same time option A goes out, but then there is extra time for it to go through the mail. I would guess that the middle two options go out right after the first scores are up for the test date, and then again right after the first writing scores are up.</p>
<p>I would expect that the schools most likely to have option A are the large midwestern and southern schools (those with the most ACT reports), and the ones most likely to have option D are the small coastal schools.</p>
<p>When you order a priority report, I think it gets printed and mailed the next business day. But it has to go through the mail, and that takes time. By the time you're able to order more reports, your scores should be on the way to colleges, no matter what reporting option they use.</p>
<p>A lot of schools don't take priority reports. One reason might be that they use one of the non-paper reporting options, and would get way too many priority reports to be able to deal with them--they'd have to have staff to type every one into their system. Also, priority reports don't have your SSN on them, so colleges might have a hard time matching them to your record.</p>
<p>If you're interested, go to the link above and click on "record layout". It shows all the data schools get to see about you.</p>
<p>I still think that anyone who is worried about scores arriving in time for deadlines should contact the individual schools for advice.</p>