<p>I’m trying to have my ACT scores from 3 years ago sent to 4 universities. I understand the first $17 archive fee. I’m sure that’s more than it’s worth, but whatever. But $17 per report?! What the HECK are they doing, digging it up, running a mile with it, making an official copy, running a mile back to the archive building, putting it in the least accessible spot, running a mile back to the office, then repeating for each copy?</p>
<p>Does anyone know if there’s a way out of this? I can barely afford my application fees… This is definitely an extra $100 I wasn’t expecting.</p>
<p>Not only that, if they can’t find my scores for whatever reason, there are no refunds on the fees. I’m out 4 archive fees for scores they couldn’t even find. Outrageous!..</p>
<p>I know, it’s absolutely ridiculous. Unfortunately, I don’t think there’s any way to get around this. For whatever insane reason, they, in the year 2009, still keep those records on MICROFICHE. I seem to remember having paid ~$70 for the ACT records to be sent. If they were to make the jump to digital archiving and step out of the stone age, records retrieval would likely be free.</p>
<p>If you can “barely pay” the application fees, find out if you are eligible for application fee waivers. You should also get in touch with ACT to find out how much of their fees can be waived due to your financial hardship.</p>
<p>Depending on the number of credits you have earned so far, you may not need to send ACT scores at all. Read the fine print in the transfer application information to determine the specific requirements for a student in your situation. This could save you a bundle. And as suggested above, find out if the ACT must have been taken before you started college. If they would accept an ACT score taken after you enrolled at your first college, you could re-take it and send those scores.</p>