<p>The ACT provides me with two routes to standby testing :-</p>
<p>If you still want to try to test on a test date after registration has closed, you can try one of the following alternatives:
1. You may register for a future test date in the same testing year and then try to make a test date change on the day of the test.
2. You may try to test as a standby on the day of the test. Follow the standby instructions carefully.</p>
<p>What's the difference between the two? Are there any benefits of any one over the other?</p>
<p>Thank you. :)</p>
<p>Do I need anything more than the “standby request form” when I go to the test center? Do I need to make any payment in advance or on the day of the test? I don’t need to “register” for the ACT for standby registration right?</p>
<p>What You Must Do Before Test Day
Web option—Complete a Standby Request Form</p>
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<li>Create an ACT Web account and write down the ACT ID you are assigned. (If you already have an ACT Web Account, sign into your account and then choose “Manage Your Profile” to look up your 8-digit ACT ID.)</li>
<li>Download and print the Standby Request Form.</li>
<li>Fill out the entire form completely and accurately. If you do not provide an accurate and legible ACT ID, you will not receive scores, even if you are inadvertently admitted to test.</li>
<li>Read the terms and conditions for registering.</li>
<li>Review information about test day procedures so you know what to expect and whether your calculator is permitted.</li>
<li>Sign in to your ACT Web account, choose “Manage Your Profile,” and provide responses about your future plans, your high school courses, student profile, and interest inventory. These sections are designed to help you think about your educational future and to help colleges in their planning. The deadline to provide or update this information to be included on score reports to colleges is 12 noon central time on Thursday immediately after the regularly scheduled Saturday test date.</li>
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<p>What You Must Do On Test Day</p>
<ol>
<li>Arrive at the test center before 8:00 a.m. with your completed standby request form (or packet).You will not receive scores if you do not submit one of these items even if you are inadvertently admitted and allowed to test.</li>
<li>Bring acceptable identification. You will not be admitted to test without it.</li>
<li>Do NOT bring payment to the test center. If you are admitted to test, ACT will bill you the appropriate fees.</li>
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<p>Thanks! So all I need is my request form. :)</p>
<p>Everyone who reads this thread in the future may benefit from this:</p>
<p>I just came back from my ACT testing. Luckily, I got a seat. However, I’d like to answer my question.</p>
<p>Route 1, i.e., registering for a different test date and then trying to change your date is given 1st priority.</p>
<p>Route 2, i.e., going to the exam center as a standby, is given 2nd priority. </p>
<p>PS: I was a standby. (route 2) I was lucky enough to get a seat even after people following Route 1 were given seats.</p>