<p>I've searched around a little bit, and found this question has been asked before, but it really hasn't been answered. I'm registering for the February ACT and it's asking me for college choices. From what I understand, they send your score to the colleges listed. My question is, should I wait to send my scores, just in case I don't get the score I'm hoping for? Is there really any benefit to sending your scores before you actually apply? </p>
<p>Crossing my fingers for someone to answer this for once...</p>
<p>You are not required to identify any colleges. Cost is the only benefit to doing so if you are not applying to college until next fall. You get four free sends but to use those for any test you must designate the colleges in your test registration. If you wait until after scoires are released you forfeit your free sends and thereafter it costs $11 per college to send the scores and likely more next fall. As long as cost is not an issue there is no advantage to identifying colleges now.</p>
<p>Ok, this topic is almost two months old, but I just received my scores and I’m still a little bit confused on how this process works.</p>
<p>When I apply to colleges next fall, will I send them my ACT scores through ACT itself (like, though actstudent.org)? If so, can anyone confirm that it will cost more to send the scores next fall rather than right now? And if I do send it now, I assume they’ll still have my scores on record next year, right? </p>
<p>Sorry if I’m being a little thick here. I just want to be completely clear on this. I would hate to make any big mistakes when it comes to reporting my scores to colleges.</p>
<p>This is what I have learned: If you send your scores after you take the test it will cost $8 per school. If you use the 4 free scores, you save this money.<br>
ACT has score choice which means that you only have to send the scores you want to potential colleges. However, some schools (Stanford, for example) require you to report all scores any way. Whether or not a school requires this should be in their admissions materials or call the school and ask.<br>
Some schools superscore – meaning that they take your highest individual test scores and calculate a composite based on those. If you sent your highest scores in each section separately, this could cost a lot of money.<br>
So, if you are applying to schools that either superscore or require all test scores, you should go ahead and make use of your 4 free college submissions. If neither of these apply, you should wait and only send the score that you want to send after the fact.<br>
This is what I am going to do anyway. Your scores will remain in their databases for a long time.<br>
Hope this helps. It is confusing.</p>
<p>Hate to piggyback on your thread, but is there any point to send your ACT scores as a junior? I would have to pay and send them to places where I’m not on file.</p>
<p>@smokymtngirl Thanks for the info, I was actually unaware what superscore meant, but I’ve seen the word several times.</p>
<p>@TheKongo That’s really the big question I have. Since the poster above said your score stays on file for a long time, I’m guessing you can send it as a junior and they will have it when you apply as a senior.</p>
<p>You can definitley send them as a junior. I would only do the free ones though.<br>
Just be careful about your transcript though. Do not send the scores to your high school if you are concerned about it being a bad score, etc. Many high schools will put all of your ACT scores on your transcript if you report them.</p>
<p>Oh I already took it and got a fantastic score. I was just wondering if I should send them to my safety schools so I can show interest and hopefully get more scholarship money.</p>