<p>We made a big mistake and thought we had until May 30th to register for June ACT. Now son has to take the test standby. I'm wondering if there is any way to determine which of the many test centers within 30 min of our house might be most likely to have an open spot for him. I'd hate to go to the one 10 min from home, get rejected, and find out that the one 15 min away had plenty of room.<br>
The ACT site says not to contact ACT or the testing site to find out if there will be openings - but seems to me that they should want standbys to show up and test - it's an extra $40 in their pocket - if I were them I'd make sure there were extra test packets going to every test site in hopes people would pay the extra to test...
Anyway - if anyone has called and checked in the past - let me know where you called and how it turned out.<br>
Thanks so much!</p>
<p>Anyone - any thoughts?</p>
<p>Have one adult go to one test center, another to nearby test center #2, and you take your kid to the one you think has the best chance for your kid to get a spot. This way you will be in cell phone contact with 2 other centers-sure to get in at least one of the 3. Signed up for ACT with writing, correct? Good luck.</p>
<p>Thanks for the idea - but my understanding is that they don’t let you know if they’ll be able to seat you standby until all of the registered test takers have arrived and been seated. If my son and I were at school A, my husband at school B, and at 8:05 they had seated all of those registered for the test and they realized at school A that there were no seats, but at school B there were seats available - I doubt they would let my husband claim a spot for my son and then that they would wait while we drove there (even if it’s only 5 min away). That would hold up a whole room full of testers. </p>
<p>If anyone has tried this and had it work - let me know - but I’m doubtful…</p>
<p>Any other thoughts on calling either the test center or ACT?</p>
<p>I’m sure there will be an open space somewhere… There are always a few people that don’t show up when they call roll at the tests. Good luck.</p>
<p>Anyone been in a similar situation? How did you decide which school to try for?</p>