Since I got a decent score on the sat, can i send none of my school-administered act scores? If so, I can just bomb the act no matter what, since nobody can view my score?
Are you at a public or private school, US or international? What exactly do you mean by “school-administered”? Why are you taking the ACT if you are satisfied with your SAT score?
I’m in a public school and our school requires all junior students to take the ACT.
I’m in a public school and our school requires all junior students to take the ACT.
Don’t show up on the day of the test.
It is not necessarily that easy to avoid the test in a state that uses the test to comply with common core objectives under the No Child Left Behind Laws. They typically require all juniiors to take it and you could even have required make-up dates if you miss it. They also may be doing other things with the students outside of the test itself on the same day that are required. You will need to find out if the school will accept an opt-out form the test if your parents insist upon it and perhaps go that route if allowed
For most colleges, you can send whatever tests you want to send. However, there are some high ranked colleges that have requirements to send all scores but what that means varies among those colleges. In your case, in which you may want to send SAT rather than ACT, there are three colleges that are contrary, Georgetown, Stanford and UPenn require applicants to provide both all SATs and all ACTs.The other colleges that have any all scores rule would allow you to just send all SATs and withhold the ACT.
Assuming you will be applying to any of those three colleges, you should be prepared to send both SAT and ACT. Those and other colleges are fully aware of the states that require the test and know that those states give the test on a date other than the national testing date. Thus, if you do not send the ACT from your state’s testing date, they may assume you are withholding it unless you can provide a valid reason for not doing so.
You also have a different issue to check into. Find out what your high school puts on your transcript that is sent to colleges when you apply to college. Many high schools put all your test scores on the transcript and thus having ACT.org or College Board withhold a test may accomplish nothing.
Thank you, @drusba for that explanation! I think our district is moving towards using ACT and SAT to show competency. As you point out that can create hiccups in college admissions. So @junsony you can look ahead at the schools you’ll be applying to for their requirements and/or you can figure out if an (excused) absence is okay. Check on the transcript content!
I agree that you should check with your guidance counselor. Our school is placing the state-mandated ACT score on the transcript starting this year, and I got the impression that they decided to do this specifically so students won’t blow it off. They want students to do well so it reflects well on their school.