I plan on doing the ACTs on February since I couldn’t do the December test because the only testing centre in my country was full. Some of the colleges I’m applying to have the December date as the last acceptable date. Is it no use applying to them or will they give me a shot if I have a strong profile?
You’re a Senior?
I would absolutely expect that you would be done with testing as of yesterday’s ACT.
Unfortunately your planning should have involved earlier test dates. If a college requires you to have an ACT or SAT and you don’t have it by the deadline for those scores, then your application is incomplete. Fortunately for you some schools are test-optional, and those are likely to be your best bet for US colleges in this cycle.
You need to contact each of those places and ask. Some may be fine with the February test in your situation.
It depends on the school. Some schools you can apply pretty much at any time and/or really late in the school year. The schools with the December cutoff, you’re going to be SOL unless you had a previous test.
@happymomof1 , what do you mean by “in your situation“? Do you mean explaining that @echo16 could not get a place at the Dec ACT? To play devil’s advocate: if I was in admissions being contacted at this stage by a student saying December ACT is filled (wasn’t the exam this weekend with registration deadline a month or so back?) I think that would demonstrate a serious lack of planning and/or lack of commitment to the application process. I understand that countries outside the US do not have the same type of academic support/info for the US process, but with various internet sites giving so much free info, and of course school websites themselves listing the testing deadlines, I think for many AO’s this excuse would be viewed as a negative rather than a mitigatIng factor.
I think other than schools will take Feb ACTs (I’m sure there must be some), test optional schools are probably the way to go now. And fast, given imminent deadlines.
@SJ2727 - International admissions can be a very different animal from domestic admissions. The OP needs to take his or her questions directly to the admissions offices involved.
Ok. Possibly I’m being led astray by the international applicants in the ED threads who have completed their apps weeks back. (And as an international applicant to UK schools I had no leeway vs domestic applicants there, but of course that’s a different system.) I still don’t think it looks great after a test date is passed already (when one surely would have known in advance) to approach colleges about using a future test date, but I guess it won’t harm the applicant because either they just won’t accept it anyway, or they will grant leeway, either by considering an incomplete application or by holding back reviewing it even while they are making decisions on others?
Definitely contact those colleges and ask!
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I would suggest contacting those colleges. Some accept updates of scores.
However, I would recommend you do this if you find it worthwhile. It is no little commitment and there are many other things worth proceeding.