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November 2, 2017 by Mike Bergin

How to Change your SAT or ACT Test Center

Change, according to Barack Obama, is never easy, but always possible. When it comes to changing the location where you take your official SAT or ACT, our estimable ex-President is only half right.

ACT, Inc. makes changing your test center a relatively simple process:

Log in to your ACT web account and select “Make changes to your registration” or call ACT at 319.337.1270 no later than the late registration deadline for your preferred test date. You will need to know your preferred test center, test option, and/or test date and have a valid credit card number with expiration date and security code.

If a seat and materials are available for your test option at your new preferred test center on your preferred test date, you will be assigned there and charged a Test Center Change fee.

The fee to change a test center for the same ACT test date is currently $26.00. Test center changes are not possible after the late registration deadline for a given test date, but standby testing is an option.

The College Board provides somewhat clear guidance about SAT test center changes as well, although acquiring all the facts required a long wait for one of the organization’s obviously overbooked customer service reps:

You can make changes to your test date, test center, and/or the type of test you’re taking. Check the date listed on your ticket under Registration Corrections to see if there’s still time to make these changes. To change test information, use your online account or call Customer Service. You’ll need a form of electronic payment (credit card or, if making changes online, PayPal) for the change fee.

The fee for changing your SAT test center is quoted as $28 on the College Board customer service line or $29 online. As with the ACT, test center changes may only be made up to the late registration deadline for a given test date. However, the College Board will not allow students to apply for waitlist status at one location once they have a confirmed seat at a different one. As far as taking the SAT goes, the test center on your ticket once the late registration deadline passes is the only option you have.

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Mike Bergin
Tens of thousands of students a year prep for the SAT & ACT through programs Mike Bergin created or organized. After more than 25 years of intensive experience in the education industry, he's done it all as a teacher, tutor, director, curriculum developer, blogger, podcaster, and best-selling author. Mike founded Chariot Learning in 2009 to deliver on the promise of what truly transformative individualized education can and should be.

6 comments

Ijaz Ahmad says:
August 26, 2018 at 3:40 pm

As my family is travelling to Saudi Arabia by the end of September and I am not sure that my son will be in Jeddah or Islamabad at rhat time and he wants to appear in the coming sat 2 exams ie . 6th October. Please advise me where to register or I register in both the places. What are the options.
Thanks
Dr Ijaz Ahmad Riaz

Mike Bergin says:
August 27, 2018 at 12:07 pm

Ijaz, go right to the College Board website. You can find listings for all of the international test centers by country.

Aida says:
November 25, 2018 at 1:44 pm

Hi,
I’m a waitlist candidate and I’ve registered for a test centre. However, I now feel that travelling to that test centre is not convenient to me and I wish to change it. Is it still possible? My test is on 1st of December.

Mike Bergin says:
November 26, 2018 at 1:48 pm

Aida, you seem to have missed the deadline. Call College Board to make sure, but you’re likely stuck at the center you registered for.

Shahmeer Gamer says:
March 13, 2020 at 4:23 am

Today the sat test got postponed due to corona virus.How can I change the centre

Mike Bergin says:
March 13, 2020 at 7:23 am

Shahmeer, sorry to hear your SAT test center closed because of COVID. Unfortunately, you cannot change your test center when that happens: https://chariotlearning.com/is-my-sat-or-act-test-center-closed/

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