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Viewing, Sending, and Understanding Your Scores
Scores for the ACT Test
How can I see my scores?
When available, your scores are posted online and accessed using your MyACT account. Scores are processed on business days during standard business hours. Viewing your scores online does not speed up reporting.
ACT Customer Support cannot provide your scores by phone, email, chat, or fax.
- Multiple choice scores are normally available two weeks after each national test date, but it can sometimes take up to eight weeks.
- Writing scores are normally available about two weeks after
your multiple-choice scores.
If you took the writing test, your overall scores are not officially reported until your writing scores have been added.
Regarding the October and February test dates only: Scores from these test dates are available within 3-8 weeks. During these test dates, ACT performs equating activities in order to ensure that scores reported have a constant meaning across all test forms.
Score reporting dates
Scores are delivered over a window of time after the test date. ACT is committed to providing your scores as quickly as possible but
cannot guarantee a specific date for your scores to be reported.
| National test date | Reporting Timeframe |
| February 6 | February 19 - April 2 |
| April 17 | May 4 - June 29 |
| June 12 | June 29 - August 24 |
| July 17 | August 3 - September 28 |
If your scores are not yet available, while during the posted timeframe, ACT is unable to provide a status or timeline about a specific score.
- Answer documents from your test center arrived late or your test date was rescheduled.
- The "Matching Information" you provided on the answer document (name, date of birth, and Match Number) is not consistent with the Matching Information on your admission ticket. Scores cannot be reported until they can be accurately matched to the correct person. You provided incomplete or inaccurate test form information on the answer document, or the answer document has not cleared all other scoring accuracy checks.
- An irregularity is reported at your test center.
- You owe any registration fees.
Delivery timelines
ACT sends score report data to the recipients you provided during registration: These include your high school and any colleges with college codes you provided. ACT also provides your scores through your web account.
| Type of report | Where it's delivered | When it's delivered | What it reports |
| Student report | Your online ACT web account | About 2–8 weeks after the test date | ACT scores, college and career planning information |
| High school report | Your high school | About 2–8 weeks after the test date | ACT scores, college and career planning information |
| College report | Each valid college or scholarship agency code you listed and paid for when you registered or tested (up to six) | Varies based on college and when ordered | Everything on the Student and High School Report, plus the grades you reported in up to 30 high school courses; it may also include predictions about your performance in specific college programs and courses |
Need to print?
At this time a PDF version of the score report is not available in MyACT. You may print an unofficial copy of your ACT test score by using your browser’s print option.
Scores from other test administrations
New score reports in MyACT
MyACT now delivers dynamic score reports for National testing events. This new score report is displayed through the main home page of MyACT and is accessible via the Scores tab. This new report format provides details and analysis of the score report along with interest and career planning tools. MyACT is mobile-accessible and friendly and all results can be accessed on a PC, tablet, or mobile device.
Questions? Check the FAQs and Help
Superscoring
At ACT, we are grounded in research. We listen and respond when new information comes to light. Over the last two years, we’ve been investigating whether Superscoring is a fair and valid practice. After extensive research, we found that Superscores were more predictive of how students would perform in their college courses than other scoring methods.
A few things to know about Superscoring:
- ACT supports the use of superscoring in making college admissions decisions.
- Colleges set their own policies regarding superscoring. However, ACT will supply them at least one full composite score with each superscore, plus all the scores from the test events that are part of the superscore composite.
- We encourage colleges and universities to consider adding superscoring to their score-use policy because, as our research shows, superscores are just as predictive – if not more predictive – of first-year grades than other scoring methods.
If you test through one of the administrations listed below, your scores will be posted after you receive your official score report in the mail. If you do not have an ACT web account, you will need to create one using the ACT ID printed on your score report when creating your account.
- State and District—testing March 2008 and later
- Special, Arranged, Project—testing September 2008 and later
Request a Copy
Need to send more scores?
In addition to the four institutions you selected upon registering, you can send your scores to others, even after you test. Requests are processed after all scores for your test option—the ACT or the ACT with writing—are ready.
Can scores be cancelled?
ACT reserves the right to cancel test scores when there is reason to believe the scores are invalid. See the Compromises/Disruptions in the Testing Process—Limitation of Remedies section of the ACT Terms and Conditions (PDF) for details.
Understanding Your Scores
What does it all mean?
There's a lot of information provided in the ACT score report.
Follow the link below to learn why we show individual reporting categories, how we arrived at your Composite score—and more!
National ranks
How do you compare?
Your national ranks tell you how your scores compare to those earned by recent high school graduates who took the ACT. Colleges use this information to help make admissions decisions, and scholarship agencies may base awards on it.
How schools use results
Your current and future schools want to learn more about you.
Just as you can use national ranks to get a sense of your strengths and weaknesses, so can your high school and potential colleges. A high rank in a content area may suggest a good chance of success in related college majors and careers. A low rank may indicate that you need to develop your skills more by taking additional coursework in that area. This information is helpful for you, and for your current and future schools.
Should I retest?
43% of ACT test takers chose to take the test more than once last year, and more than half of them improved their scores.
Why every point matters on the ACT test
Did you know improving by just a single test point can be worth thousands of dollars in financial aid for your college education? The ACT® test is important to your future—and can open up new opportunities for college and career.
What scores are reported if I test more than once?
You determine which set of scores is sent to colleges or scholarship programs. We will release only the scores from the test date (month and year) and test location (e.g., National, State, School) you designate.
Can I combine scores from different test dates to create a new Composite score?
Yes - superscoring enables you to combine scores from different test dates.
Can I report only my writing scores or only my multiple-choice scores from a test date?
No. All scores from a test date will be reported together.
Can I combine my writing scores from one test date with my multiple-choice scores from another?
Yes - superscoring enables you to combine writing scores from one test date with multiple-choice scores from another test date.
Test Security Hotline
Cheating hurts everyone – if you see it, report it. You can make an anonymous report by using the Test Security Hotline. Discussing test content—including on social media—is not permitted. Students who don't do their own work put honest students at a disadvantage. If you suspect that someone is trying to take unfair advantages or encounter anything else out of the ordinary, please report it to ACT.
Compromises and disruptions
See the Compromises/Disruptions in the Testing Process—Limitation of Remedies section of ACT's Terms and Conditions for remedies available to examinees affected by compromises or disruptions in the testing process.