ACT/SAT Test Scores

Should I Submit a Test Score?

If a test score is optional for you, we encourage you to submit one because it may strengthen your application. BYU follows a "Do No Harm" approach for test scores. If your score strengthens your application, we'll consider it in our review; if it doesn't, we won't use it.

Do I Need to Submit a Test Score?

Some applicants are required to submit an ACT or SAT score. The admission application will guide you through determining whether you have sufficient accredited high school coursework and whether a test score is required.

View New Freshman Scholarships for more information about how ACT/SAT scores are used for scholarships.

If a Test Score is Required

You must submit an official ACT or SAT score and have it received and processed before you can submit your application.

Sending Your Test Scores

If you want a test score considered with your admission application, it must be received before you submit your application by the priority or final application deadline.

Making Changes After Submission

If you need to make changes after submitting your application, you'll need to withdraw and resubmit it. Resubmitting will update your application submission timestamp.

How to Send BYU Your Test Score

• Directly from the ACT or SAT office.
• A copy of your official score report (mailed or delivered).
• For SAT scores, download the official PDF score report from your College Board account and submit a case to us. If your College Board ID number is not present on the SAT score report, list your College Board ID number in your case. (NOTE: A record locator number is not a College Board ID number.) Log in to your BYU account to upload the PDF to the "Submit a Support Case" page.
• For ACT scores, take a screenshot of your individual test score from your ACT account. The screenshot must include the following information (see example below):
  
  1. Your name in the top right corner
  2. "Welcome (Student's Name)!" in the top middle of the screen
  3. ACT ID below the "Welcome"
  4. Test date
  5. Your individual test scores
     NOTE: In recent views of the ACT website score reporting, the website does not allow you to include all five of these items in one screenshot. If you need two screenshots, make sure one includes 3 items and the other includes 2. After taking your screenshot(s), send them to us by submitting a case. You will need to log in to your BYU account to upload the screenshot to the "Submit a Support Case" page.