And, more good news, obtaining your super-score is easier than ever. Previously, you needed to self-calculate your super-score, then send score reports from each testing date to colleges super-scoring the ACT. Now, ACT provides its own super-score report. Curious what it looks like?
Included in your super-score report are all scores from the single test with the highest composite score, and the composite and section scores from the tests used to obtain your super-score. While there are many schools out there that superscore the SAT, the list of schools that superscore the ACT is much smaller. To aid you in search for information, we have compiled a list with the help of fellow consultants at IECA of many of the schools that super-score the ACT.
While the list does not cover every single college in the US, it is fairly comprehensive. Want to learn about the Superscoring the SAT? Information to compile this list has been gleaned from past lists; other individuals and organizations that keep track of such information; college websites; and on occasion, individual contacts via email or telephone. If there is an inaccuracy or omission that you spot, please contact us and we will amend the list.
Special thank to Cigus Vanni for compiling this list and allowing it to be shared. Judi Robinovitz is a Certified Educational Planner with more than 30 years of experience in education. Log in to MyACT to view and send scores. The ACT Superscore is beneficial because it takes the average of the four best subject scores from each ACT test attempt—and counts it as your official score. At ACT, we are grounded in research.
We listen and respond when new information comes to light. After extensive research, we found that Superscores were more predictive of how students would perform in their college courses than other scoring methods. This average creates a new SUPER composite score or superscore that will, in most cases, be higher than the composite score of any individual test you took.
In order to figure out your ACT superscore, you take the highest individual section score and put them all together for a new composite. So here are the highest hypothetical ACT scores in our example:. With automatic superscoring, you have the option of sending your superscores to the colleges that accept them, meaning that they only see the sections you did the best on, regardless of how many times you retook the ACT. There are around or so colleges and universities that superscore the ACT or that will consider individual section scores on the ACT.
Admissions offices change their policies on test scores all the time, and this has become even more of a trend as of late as more schools develop test flexible and test-optional policies, so always be sure to check the admissions websites of the schools you are applying to. When in doubt, call the admissions office to ask about their current policies.
This way you can make smart decisions about which ACT score reports you want to send to which school. For example, in light of all of the test-optional policies that have taken place during COVID, some schools that previously used superscores no longer require scores at all. Cal Tech , for example, put a two-year moratorium on all test scores. This makes it even more important to check with each individual admissions department!
Finally, keep in mind that the announcement of the automatic ACT superscore is super new. Amidst all of the confusion that comes along with application season, the last thing you want is to miss an opportunity to represent your best self.
And for many colleges, looking at superscores is their way of allowing just that. For most people, that cap is anywhere between the second and fourth test. Until the ACT allows for section-only retakes still under development remember that not all schools superscore.
This means that, unless you are retaking only a single section, you want to strive for your best scores in each section every time—regardless of prior testing outcomes. Application readers will still see the entirety of the testing history that you send in, even if they are directed to superscore; a little bit of positive consistency never hurt anyone. Eventually, yes! Why would you want to do this?
In short, for the superscore of ACT sections! Instead, you can take that section alone, saving you time and money.
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