^Students should be inputting the national test center date or the date tested at school, not the date of the accommodated test.
@2mrmagoo do you know how to do this?
My understanding is that on the Common App where it asks the specific date tested, input the date for the National Test Center date that is associated with that testing. So, if a student tested on Tuesday, June 12, they would put the June 9 test date on the Common App.
Hurray! I ordered a college score report using the 7000 code, and just received it today. My son did not answer any of the questions, so everything was blank on the report except for the scores. We are good to go and I just ordered reports to be sent to all our schools. Worth every penny of the $13 charge for peace of mind.
@WineLover glad you are good to go! I did the same and it took a little over two weeks to receive my son’s report. Interesting, there was nothing in his student profile area (I cleared the entire thing prior to ordering the report) except for 4 grades that were not even accurate. Called the ACT today and they could not explain. Glad I ordered the college report in advance. ACT promised to call back tomorrow to resolve. Looks like I’ll have to order another report to be sure before I can send son’s scores.
@2mrmagoo I had the same strange 4 scores for my son. It showed a 3.0 gpa for English and 4.0 for math, social studies and science. No other scores and the 3.0 is inaccurate. I don’t want to battle them on this because I am sure the schools will ignore this data considering they will have his transcripts.
@winelover, yep that’s what it did on my son’s report. But, I think it had three 3.0 and one 4.0. I’m starting to get paranoid and wonder if that is some kind of code. Why would they make the same error on two different reports in the exact same area, but the GPA’s are inaccurate for both our kids? I’m not typically a paranoid person, but seriously…given all the recent revelations of ineptitude at the ACT and SAT I can’t help but wonder.
@2mrmagoo, I really don’t think they would go that far, but it can’t hurt to be extra careful. Let me know what they say. My reports are sent, so not much I can do about it now. Plus, I really don’t want to deal with them anymore and also didn’t want to wait much longer to get the reports out to the schools.
I did just go back and look at his online profile and there is a question on grades and they claim they report the grades on a 4 point GPA scale (as they did). However, all the grades were As on his profile and for ALL the subjects, so I don’t know what happened in the report. AND the rest of the report that is left blank is strange because he had reported ethnic background and extracurricular activities. It seems that ACT may is now sending reports that are wiped blank, but these few grades are appearing for whatever reason (and incorrectly). I am sure these will be ignored and seriously doubt there is any sort of conspiracy between ACT and every single college admissions officer in the world LOL.
^my comment was more sarcastic than not. But, given the sting of errors the CB has made lately, not surprised to find more.
I just spoke with the ACT again. Have to say, their customer service are very kind and polite. Hopefully, the issue is solved.
They said that I hadn’t cleared out the ‘high school course’ section. This is a ‘bubbled’ section where the student indicates what years they took certain classes, and I hadn’t. The solution is to change all the courses to “have not taken and will not”. Doing this resets all the grades. Even though the grades were not in the profile online, my son must have added those and the only way to delete them is to delete the courses. I’m still not sure why only 4 of the grades turned up on the College Report when all of the courses were bubbled (and 3 were incorrect). It sounds like a glitch in the system. Regardless, they told me how to resolve it and said they would send me a new 7000 report to verify the changes before I send scores.
I guess we will wait two more weeks to send his scores.
@2mrmagoo Don’t forget to check for each school if you can self-report ACT scores, then no need to send until decision to matriculate is made. Many schools allow self-reporting of scores and the list continues to grow. Saves money as well as limits visibility of answers to demographic questions. Of course, school might already have your student’s data from purchasing data, but at least it’s something.
Thanks for all of this useful information. I went into my son’s account and there is a link on it that says, “how is this information used.” This is what it says: How Is This Information Used?
The Student Profile Section (SPS) asks you for information about your background, interests, needs, and plans. It is designed to help you think about your educational future and to help colleges in their planning.
Although you may skip any question that you do not wish to answer, ACT can provide colleges with your most complete profile only if you answer every question and keep your responses updated.
I for one am always in favor of more transparency - especially for anything that minors are completing.
This is the specific question that asks about disabilities:
Do you have a disability that requires special provisions from the educational institution? Mark the one choice that most closely describes your situation. Providing this information is entirely voluntary.
^yes, I think online there is more information. While I don’t like that they are asking (and selling) this information at any time, I have more issues with the profile being filled out on the testing day. Parents are not present to give guidance or permission, students are stressed and may not understand the significance of their answers, and as in my son’s case- some proctors are incorrect and tell students that the profile must be filled out (yes, despite the actual form saying it is voluntary).
@2mrmagoo Yes I agree about the profile on testing day. I think it is just going to create more stress for students to figure out what they are supposed to write down and what they should skip. Plus the online link that said, “How is this information used” was not very big and obvious. Students are not even given a proper explanation aout what colleges do with this extra information - come to think of it I still don’t know either.