ACT will waive its normal test date change fee for East Coast students whose rescheduled SAT test date now conflicts with their previously scheduled Feb. 7 ACT test date.
This past weekend’s snowstorm on the East Coast prompted many test centers to cancel the administration of the SAT test scheduled for Jan. 24. Most of those SAT test administrations have been rescheduled for Saturday morning, Feb. 7.
That date and time coincide with a previously scheduled national ACT test date. The Feb. 7 administration of the ACT, which has been scheduled for at least two years, will go forward as planned.
Some affected students had signed up to take both the SAT on Jan. 24 and The ACT on Feb. 7. As a result, they are now scheduled to take both tests at the same time. Those students must either change or forfeit their registration for one of the two tests. The normal fee for changing an ACT test date is $23, while the normal fee for changing an SAT test date is $28.
ACT is waiving its test date change fee for affected students.
“We saw this as a very unfortunate situation for students who were negatively impacted through no fault of their own,” said Paul Weeks, ACT vice president of client relations. “To help those students out, we are pleased to waive our normal test date change fee for them, so that they may avoid any extra cost or inconvenience.”
Students who are now scheduled to take both exams on Feb. 7 may contact ACT to make a test date change to a future national ACT test date at no cost. Students who have already changed their ACT test date because of this situation and paid the normal test date change fee may contact ACT for a refund of this fee. ACT’s next scheduled national test date is April 18.
Impacted students may contact ACT at http://www.act.org/studentforms/ereg.html or by calling (319) 337-1270.
The scheduling conflict impacts students registered to take the ACT in eight states: Connecticut, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.