<p>Just a few questions about sending ACT scores. I would like to send my scores from June. I chose not to use the four free score reports since I was unsure if my score would have been good enough. </p>
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<li>should I send the scores now? Or wait till I fill out the common app and other applications?</li>
<li>Should I send the scores through the ACT company?</li>
<li>Will I receive a conformation email or something to know the school received them? Would I have to call/email the school directly to find out?</li>
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<p>Thanks</p>
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<li>You can send scores whenever you like.</li>
<li>Through the ACT company is the only official way to send them.</li>
<li>Schools should send some sort of confirmation when they receive your scores.</li>
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<p>You can send them now. When colleges receive your ACT scores, they will open an admissions file for you. When they receive other parts of your application (Common App, transcripts, teacher recommendations, etc.), they will add them to that file.</p>
<p>Yes, you should send official score reports from ACT. Yes, they will charge you. Yes, it’s kind of a racket. But, there it is. At least ACT charges just slightly less than the College Board does.</p>
<p>When you have ordered (and paid for) the score reports online, you will see an online receipt. Print it and file it. You will also receive an email receipt. Save it. Colleges will not acknowledge receipt of your ACT scores (at least, not in my family’s experience), but once you have begun the application at a college or university (e.g., by creating a personal portal on their web site), they will give you a way to check the status of your application. Some time between ordering the score reports and the application deadline, check to make sure the college has your ACT scores. If they don’t, call them. Ask to speak to the person who handles admissions for your area. Explain that you sent ACT scores in August, and ask whether somebody can track the scores down and add them to your file. Get the name and email address of the person you spoke to. You can then follow up by sending that person your email receipt from ACT, and maybe a .pdf of the score report that you received from ACT. If necessary, these things can serve as a place-holder in your file while the college and ACT sort out what happened to the official score report.</p>
<p>This did actually happen to my daughter when she was applying to our state flagship. She had sent her standardized test scores early, and they never got put together with the rest of her file. She contacted somebody in admissions. Problem was resolved in less than a day.</p>
<p>Thank you very much Sikorsky, that clears things up</p>