Just Kate Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Help! I just realized that ds needs to register to take the ACT today to avoid late charges (he wants to take dual credit classes next year). When going through the registration process, there are many questions about his schooling, interests, etc. that are optional. It looks like if he completes these questions it can be included in info that will go out to colleges and for scholarships. It says it can also become part of his college record. Should he complete these optional questions?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberia Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 He doesn't have to. My daughter took the test on Feb 8 and we got her results yesterday. All the questions do is tell her what majors she may be interested in, based on her answers. Has nothing to do with the test or her results. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberia Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Also, you will have time to complete the questions later, before the test or after the test. The main thing to do today is to pay the money and get him registered. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Kate Posted February 29, 2020 Author Share Posted February 29, 2020 (edited) Okay, great. So no black mark against him if he doesn’t answer?? And thank you for the quick response!!! Edited February 29, 2020 by Just Kate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberia Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 No problem. We've been saturated in ACT for the past two months, so I'm glad I can help. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 (edited) ACT and CollegeBoard sells student profiles. He would likely get spam mail and spam emails from colleges and organizations. The optional questions are really optional. Same goes for SAT registration. ETA: https://mobile.edweek.org/c.jsp?cid=25919761&bcid=25919761&rssid=25919751&item=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.edweek.org%2Fv1%2Few%2F%3Fuuid%3D26963E2A-A483-11E8-89AE-7F0EB4743667 Edited February 29, 2020 by Arcadia 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corraleno Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 I refused to answer those questions when I registered DS, and I told him not to answer them when he took the actual test, even if the proctor told him he was "supposed to" answer them. ACT just collects all that data and sells it to colleges and then you get inundated with spam while ACT makes millions from the information. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 Don't-like seriously, don't! The stack of mail that DD has gotten since she did the ACT in 9th fills two good sized boxes-we're going to see if it outweighs her before she graduates. I suspect she would have gotten some anyway, but I'm about 99% sure that most of it came from the ACT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hellen Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 The mail comes even if you don't fill it out and mark the no sharing option. Possibly my son gets less than he would have, but he average several per week. Because of the email listed, we know it was College Board that sold his information. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RootAnn Posted February 29, 2020 Share Posted February 29, 2020 4 hours ago, hellen said: The mail comes even if you don't fill it out and mark the no sharing option. Possibly my son gets less than he would have, but he average several per week. Because of the email listed, we know it was College Board that sold his information. My daughter got 15+ emails per day and 2-3 snailmails per day during the peak. She checked the box to share her info. Never again. College Board is SAT. ACT is a different monster. Both will sell your info, but it is much less useful to them if you give them the least amount possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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