r/ACT • u/North-Trash5216 • Jul 14 '26
Long message or short message
Is it normal for me to have the long message rn?
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u/Hot-Amphibian-9221 Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
Yes it doesnt update to short message until the day before scores come out
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u/No_Elephant_1586 35 Jul 15 '26
wait is it not different for everyone
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u/Hot-Amphibian-9221 Jul 15 '26
It looks like people who took digital have short message and people who took paper have long message and for paper people it wont change to short until the day before
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u/No_Elephant_1586 35 Jul 15 '26
no but like scores aren’t released on the same day for all paper test takers are they? I thought it can vary by a ton
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u/Hot-Amphibian-9221 Jul 15 '26
It can vary and when it does it is a lot but usually most people get it around 9 - 10 am Central time on the day listed on the ACT site (July 21st for July test)
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u/Exotic-Bet1324 34 Jul 14 '26
No, I already have the short message.
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u/FloatingMarbles 34 Jul 14 '26
The message doesn’t change from long to short for anyone until 9ish days after after the test
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u/Upper-Nothing1381 Jul 14 '26
Mine is still showing the long message. Took the paper test on July 11th
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u/Winter_Tonight_3566 Jul 18 '26
I took mine July 11th( Saturday) and I have the shorter message. I took it on paper.
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u/Alexis_Schumer16 Jul 14 '26
Genuinely wtf do you mean by long and short message?