<p>I of course decided to take advantage of the free school score reports when I was signing up for the ACT...but I suppose I stupidly didn't realize that my scores would be AUTOMATICALLY sent. My first ACT attempt was in June, and I got a 29. A good score, but not as good as I wanted. I did much better on my SAT (A 2110, which I'm hoping will go up after my October retake), and was planning on just using those scores, when I got a postcard in the mail from one of my top four colleges (which I signed up for the free score report upon registration) saying "Thank you for sending us your ACT scores! We hope you continue showing interest in our college yadda yadda yadda". </p>
<p>I'm frustrated that any schools got to see that score honestly. And I know it's my fault, for not reading closely enough. But here's my dilemma: should I self report the ACT scores (scoreS because I took the ACT again and got the same exact score) on the Common App? Will the colleges that I'm applying to think it's weird that I only self report my SAT when I already accidentally sent them an official score report of ACT? Or will they only take my SAT into consideration?</p>
<p>Another hypothetical: Will colleges care that I only got a 29 on my ACT? Will it look poorly when compared to a higher SAT score? (The colleges I'm applying to all have a 29 within their "range" or normally accepted scores).</p>
<p>I greatly appreciate any help anyone can give me.</p>
<p>“29 on my SAT?” - I edited this to 29 on my ACT?</p>
<p>The schools will take into account what you sent them irrespective of what your common app says. If you send your app to 10 schools, only the 6 schools which have not received the ACT scores will not know about the ACT scores. The other 4 which received them will consider them as part of your app.</p>
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<li><p>If you send both ACT and SAT scores to a college, the college will use for admission that test it believes is the higher.</p></li>
<li><p>Whether you need to provide all your ACT scores depends on college. Some require all ACT scores, either the official scores or at least report them in application. Thus, you need to check each college’s rules. If a college does not require all ACT scores (most colleges) then you do not need to provide the second test’s score. Nevertheless, even then you might consider sending both if the college superscores ACT scores (takes highest section scores from the multiple tests).</p></li>
<li><p>Before you decide what to send, you need to check what your high school does. Many put all your scores on the official transcript sent to colleges and thus struggling to determine which scores you should put on your application for admission, or have sent by the testing agency, may be an exercise in futility.</p></li>
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