September ACT scores are available!

September ACT scores are now available (sort of).

The ACT score release date is actually a date range. For the September test, your scores are supposed to be released sometime between September 19 and November 3, depending on how soon your particular test is graded.

My students started getting scores back on September 18, a day before the earliest date in the range and only nine days after they took the test. I've noticed that scores are usually available about a week and a half to two weeks after the test date, regardless of when scores are "supposed" to be released.

Unfortunately, you might not get an e-mail notification when your scores are ready. You'll have to log into the ACT's Web site periodically and check.

Yes - keep checking until your scores show up!

This raises an interesting question: If early decision and early action deadlines are in early November, will schools look at the October 28 ACT?

Some schools do and some don't: it depends on whether your particular ACT score report is actually delivered in time to be considered. Call the schools you're applying to and ask, or save time and get a college admissions expert to help you.