When/How do I send ACT scores?

drusba
Thu, 04 Oct 2012 05:40:00 +0000

Application can be sent before test scores are available (that is true in applying to any college). In fact, you can even send test scores before sending application. Colleges start your admission file upon receipt of either.

With ACT, each test must be separately ordered and sent to a college… You will have to pay the extra fee for the June test. For the upcoming OCT test you still have time to designate four colleges in your test application as colleges to automatically receive scores upon release and for those you will not have to pay an additional fee to send Oct test. If you wait until scores come out before ordering them sent you will have to pay the additional fee.

For early decision at Cal Poly, the OCT ACT can be sent but it is not guaranteed it will arrive in time to be considered before a decision is made on you. Since fastest form of delivery is the one mentioned above, by designating Cal Poly on your test application as a college to automatically receive scores upon release, you should do that to maximize probability that score will arrive in time to be considered. You should send earlier June test when you apply to the college.

As to sending ACT scores to CSUs, you can send score to one CSU and then after it is shown as arrived at the one you can go on-line at CSUMentor, where you submit your CSU application, and use the ACT Scores Manager tool to send to other CSUs, see Cal State Apply | CSU;