Superscoring and Score Choice Policies

Superscoring Many in college admission talk about reading applications holistically and supportively; one way they can do this is by â€Å"superscoring† standardized tests. This means that if you take the SAT more than once, the admission office will take the highest section score across test administrations and assign you a new, higher total score. For instance, if you scored a 650 EBRW and 670 Math (Total 1320) in March and a 700 EBRW and 650 Math (Total 1350) in May, your superscore would be 700 + 670 = 1370.  For the ACT, this process generally takes the form of taking your highest test scores across test administrations, but may not result in a new Composite score because colleges use test scores individually. Score Choice The College Board and ACT have adopted policies, generally referred to as â€Å"Score Choice,† designed to give students some control over how SAT, Subject Test, and ACT scores are reported. Colleges, however, have the final say over what scores applicants should submit and how those scores will be used. Students should carefully review the score-reporting policy of each college to which they plan to apply. Require all scores:  These colleges  explicitly require applicants  to submit all test scores. Recommend all scores:  These colleges recommend but do not require that applicants  send all test scores. These schools admission offices  will  create superscores for applicants, and  counselors do not want students to inadvertently neglect  to send a high section score. Accept score choice:  These colleges will accept whichever scores an applicant elects to submit. In the table below, you will find the superscore and score choice policies of many popular colleges. We are working to build out this database to include the 360 popular colleges whose ACT Writing and SAT Essay policies, SAT Subject Test policies,  and  estimated new SAT score ranges  we also track. 10/29/19 Update: We will begin tracking which schools accept single section retakes for the ACT in their superscore process. So far, we have heard from Fordham and Temple that they will likely accept these scores for superscoring. SchoolSuperscore SATSuperscore ACTSuperscore ACT with Single Section RetakesScore Choice Abilene Christian UniversityYesYesRecommends all Adelphi UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Agnes Scott CollegeYesNoScore choice OK Albion CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Allegheny CollegeYesYesScore choice OK American UniversityYesNoScore choice OK Amherst CollegeYesYesScore Choice OK Appalachian State UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Arizona State University—​TempeNoNoScore choice OK Auburn UniversityNoNoScore choice OK Augustana CollegeNoNoScore choice OK Austin CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Babson CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Baldwin Wallace UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Bard CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Barnard CollegeYesNoRequires all SAT or ACT Bates CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Baylor UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Beloit CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Bennington CollegeYesYes*Score choice OK Bentley UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Berea CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Berry CollegeYesNoRecommends all Binghamton University—​SUNYYesYesScore choice OK Biola UniversityYesNoScore choice OK Birmingham-​Southern College YesYesScore choice OK Boston CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Boston UniversityYesYesRecommends all Bowdoin CollegeYes*YesScore choice OK Bradley UniversityNoNoScore choice OK Brandeis UniversityYesNoScore choice OK Brigham Young University—​ProvoNoNoScore choice OK Brown UniversityYesYes*Score choice OK Bryn Mawr CollegeYesNoScore choice OK Bucknell UniversityYesNoScore choice OK Butler UniversityYesYesScore choice OK California Institute of TechnologyYesNo*Score choice OK California Lutheran UniversityYesYesScore choice OK California Polytechnic State University—​San Luis ObispoYesYesScore choice OK California State Polytechnic University—PomonaYesYesScore choice OK California State University—FresnoYesYesScore choice OK California State University—FullertonYesYesScore choice OK California State University—Long BeachYesYesScore choice OK California State University—Los AngelesYesYesScore Choice OK California State University—Monterey BayYesYesScore choice OK California State University—NorthridgeYesNoScore choice OK Carleton CollegeYesNoScore choice OK Carnegie Mellon UniversityYesNoRequires all SAT or ACT Carroll CollegeNoNoRecommends all Case Western Reserve UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Centre CollegeYesYesRecommends all Chapman UniversityYesNoRecommends all Christopher Newport UniversityYesNoScore choice OK Claremont McKenna CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Clark UniversityYesYesRecommends all Clarkson UniversityNoNoScore choice OK Clemson UniversityYesNoScore choice OK Coe CollegeNoNoScore choice OK Colby CollegeYesYesRecommends all Colgate UniversityYesYesScore choice OK College of CharlestonYesYesRecommends all College of New JerseyYesNoScore choice OK College of St. BenedictYesYesRecommends all College of the Holy CrossYesYesScore choice OK College of William and MaryYesNoScore choice OK College of WoosterYesYesScore choice OK Colorado CollegeYesNoScore choice OK Colorado School of MinesNoNoScore choice OK Colorado State UniversityYesYesRecommends all Columbia UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Concordia College—​MoorheadYesYesScore choice OK Connecticut CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Cooper UnionYesYesRecommends all Cornell CollegeYesYesYesScore choice OK Cornell UniversityYes*NoRequires all ACT; SAT Score Choice OK Creighton UniversityYesYesScore choice OK CUNY—​Baruch CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Dartmouth CollegeYesNoScore choice OK Davidson CollegeYesYesRecommends all Denison UniversityYesYesScore choice OK DePaul UniversityNoNoScore choice OK DePauw UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Dickinson CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Drake UniversityNoNoScore choice OK Drew UniversityYesNoScore choice OK Drexel UniversityYesNoRecommends all Drury UniversityNoNoScore choice OK Duke UniversityYes*Yes*Score choice OK Duquesne UniversityYesYesRecommends all Earlham CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Elmhurst CollegeNoNoScore choice OK Elon UniversityYesYesRecommends all Embry-​Riddle Aeronautical UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Emerson CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Emory UniversityYesNoRecommends all Fairfield UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Florida Institute of TechnologyYesYesRecommends all Florida State UniversityYesYesRecommends all Fordham UniversityYesYesYesScore choice OK Franklin and Marshall CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Furman UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Gallaudet UniversityYesNoScore choice OK George Mason UniversityYesNoRecommends all George Washington UniversityYesNoScore choice OK Georgetown UniversityYesNoRequires all scores Georgia Institute of TechnologyYesYesRecommends all Gettysburg CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Gonzaga UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Goshen CollegeYesYesRecommends all Goucher CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Grinnell CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Gustavus Adolphus CollegeNoNoScore choice OK Hamilton CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Hampden-​Sydney CollegeYesYesRecommends all Hampton UniversityYesNoScore choice OK Hanover CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Harvard University* YesNoScore choice OK Harvey Mudd CollegeYesYesRecommends all Haverford CollegeYesYesRecommends all Hendrix CollegeYesYesScore choice OK High Point UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Hillsdale CollegeNoNoScore choice OK Hobart and William Smith CollegesYesYesScore choice OK Hofstra UniversityYesYesRecommends all Hollins UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Hope CollegeNoNoScore choice OK Howard UniversityYesNoScore choice OK Humboldt State University YesYesScore choice OK Illinois Institute of TechnologyYesYesRecommends all Illinois Wesleyan UniversityNoNoScore choice OK Indiana University—​BloomingtonYesYesScore choice OK Iowa State UniversityNoNoScore choice OK Ithaca CollegeYesYesScore choice OK James Madison UniversityYesYesScore choice OK John Brown UniversityNoNoScore choice OK Johns Hopkins UniversityYesYesRecommends all Kalamazoo CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Kenyon CollegeYesYesRecommends all Knox CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Lafayette CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Lake Forest CollegeYesYesRecommends all Lawrence UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Lehigh UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Lewis Clark CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Lipscomb UniversityNoNoScore choice OK Louisiana State University—​Baton RougeNoNoScore choice OK Loyola Marymount UniversityYesNoScore choice OK Loyola University ChicagoYesYesScore choice OK Loyola University MarylandYesYesScore choice OK Loyola University New OrleansYesYesScore choice OK Luther CollegeYesNoRecommends all Macalester CollegeYesYesRecommends all Marist CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Marquette UniversityNoNoScore choice OK Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyYesYesScore choice OK Mercer UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Miami University—​OxfordYesYesRecommends all Michigan State UniversityNoNoScore choice OK Michigan Technological UniversityNoNoScore choice OK Middlebury CollegeYesYesRecommends all Mills CollegeYesNoScore choice OK Millsaps CollegeYesYesRecommends all Milwaukee School of EngineeringNoNoRecommends all Mississippi State UniversityNoNoScore choice OK Missouri University of Science TechnologyNoNoScore choice OK Morehouse CollegeYesContact collegeScore choice OK Mount Holyoke CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Muhlenberg CollegeYesNoScore choice OK New College of FloridaYesYesRecommends all New Jersey Institute of TechnologyYesNoRecommends all New SchoolNoNoScore choice OK New York UniversityYesYesScore choice OK North Carolina State University—​RaleighYesYesRecommends all Northeastern UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Northwestern UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Oberlin CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Occidental CollegeYesYes*Score choice OK Ohio State University—​ColumbusNoNoScore choice OK Ohio UniversityYesNoRecommends all Ohio Wesleyan UniversityYesYesRecommends all Oklahoma State UniversityNoNoRecommends all Oregon State UniversityNoNoRecommends all Pacific Lutheran UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Pennsylvania State University—​University ParkNoNoRecommends all Pepperdine UniversityYesNoScore choice OK Pitzer CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Point Loma Nazarene UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Pomona CollegeYesYesRecommends all Pratt InstituteYesNoScore choice OK Presbyterian College (SC)YesYesScore choice OK Princeton University YesNoRecommends all Providence CollegeYesYes*Recommends all Purdue University—​West LafayetteYesYes*Score choice OK Queens University of CharlotteYesYesScore choice OK Quinnipiac UniversityYesNoRecommends all Randolph-​Macon CollegeYesYesRecommends all Reed CollegeYesNoRecommends all Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteYesNoScore choice OK Rhode Island School of DesignYesYesScore choice OK Rhodes CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Rice UniversityYesYes*Recommends all Ripon CollegeNoNoScore choice OK Rochester Institute of TechnologyYesYesScore choice OK Rollins CollegeYesNoScore choice OK Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—​New BrunswickYesNoRecommends all Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—​NewarkYesNoRecommends all Saint Louis UniversityNoNoScore choice OK Samford UniversityYesYesScore choice OK San Diego State UniversityYesYesRecommends all San Francisco State UniversityYesNoScore choice OK San Jose State UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Santa Clara UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Sarah Lawrence CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Scripps CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Seattle UniversityYesYesRecommends all Seton Hall UniversityYesYesRecommends all Sewanee—​University of the SouthYesYesScore choice OK Siena CollegeYesNoRecommends all Simmons CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Skidmore CollegeYesNoScore choice OK Smith CollegeYesNoScore choice OK Soka University of AmericaYesYesRequires all SAT or ACT Southern Methodist UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Southwestern UniversityYesNoRecommends all Spelman CollegeYesYesScore choice OK St. John Fisher CollegeYesYesScore choice OK St. John's College AnnapolisYesYesRecommends all St. John's University (NY)YesYesScore choice OK St. Lawrence UniversityYesYesScore choice OK St. Mary's College (IN)YesYesScore choice OK St. Mary's College of CaliforniaYesYesRecommends all St. Mary's College of MarylandYesNoRecommends all St. Michael's CollegeYesYesScore choice OK St. Olaf CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Stanford UniversityYes**No**Score choice OK Stetson UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Stevens Institute of TechnologyYesYesScore choice OK Stonehill CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Stony Brook University—​SUNYYesNoRecommends all SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestryYesYesScore choice OK SUNY—​GeneseoYesYesScore choice OK Susquehanna UniversityYesYesRecommends all Swarthmore CollegeYesYes*Score choice OK Syracuse UniversityYesYesRequires all scores Taylor UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Temple UniversityYesYesYesRecommends all Texas AM University—​College StationNoNoScore choice OK Texas Christian UniversityYesYesRecommends all Texas Lutheran UniversityYesYesRecommends all The Catholic University of AmericaYesNoScore choice OK The CitadelYesNoRequires all SAT or ACT Thomas Aquinas CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Transylvania UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Trinity College (Hartford)YesYesScore choice OK Trinity UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Truman State UniversityNoNoScore choice OK Tufts UniversityYesYesRecommends all Tulane UniversityYesNoScore choice OK Union College (Schenectady, NY)YesYesScore choice OK United States Air Force AcademyYesYesScore choice OK United States Coast Guard AcademyYesYesScore choice OK United States Military AcademyYesYesScore choice OK United States Naval AcademyYesYesScore choice OK University at Albany—​SUNYYesYesScore choice OK University at Buffalo—​SUNYYesNoScore choice OK University of AlabamaNoNoScore choice OK University of ArizonaNoNoScore choice OK University of Arkansas—​FayettevilleYesYesScore choice OK University of California—​BerkeleyNoNoRecommends all University of California—​DavisNoNoRecommends all University of California—​IrvineNoNoRecommends all University of California—​Los AngelesNoNoRecommends all University of California—MercedNoNoRecommends all University of California—RiversideNoNoRecommends all University of California—​San DiegoNoNoRecommends all University of California—​Santa BarbaraNoNoRecommends all University of California—​Santa CruzNoNoRecommends all University of ChicagoYesYesRecommends all University of CincinnatiNoNoRecommends all University of Colorado—​BoulderYesYesRecommends all University of ConnecticutYesYesScore choice OK University of DallasYesNoRecommends all University of DaytonYesYesScore choice OK University of DelawareYesYesRecommends all University of DenverYesYesScore choice OK University of FloridaYesNoScore choice OK University of GeorgiaYesYesScore choice OK University of Hawaii at ManoaYesYesScore choice OK University of Illinois—​ChicagoNoNoScore choice OK University of Illinois—​Urbana-​ChampaignYes*Yes*Score choice OK University of IowaNoNoScore choice OK University of KansasNoNoScore choice OK University of KentuckyYesYesRecommends all University of La VerneYesYesScore choice OK University of Mary WashingtonYesYesScore choice OK University of Maryland—​College ParkYesYesScore choice OK University of Massachusetts—​AmherstYesYesScore choice OK University of MiamiYesYesRecommends all University of Michigan—​Ann ArborYes*Yes*Score choice OK University of Minnesota—​Twin CitiesNoNoRecommends all University of MississippiNoNoScore choice OK University of MissouriNoNoScore choice OK University of Nebraska—​LincolnNoNoScore choice OK University of New HampshireYesNoRecommends all University of North Carolina—​Chapel HillYesYesScore choice OK University of North Carolina—​WilmingtonYesYesRecommends all University of Notre DameYesYesScore choice OK University of OklahomaNoNoScore choice OK University of OregonYesNoScore choice OK University of PennsylvaniaYesYesScore Choice OK University of PittsburghYesNoRecommends all University of PortlandYesYesScore choice OK University of Puget SoundYesYesScore choice OK University of RedlandsYesYesRecommends all University of RichmondYesYesScore choice OK University of RochesterYesYesScore choice OK University of San DiegoYesNoScore choice OK University of San FranciscoYesYesRecommends all University of South CarolinaYesNoScore choice OK University of South FloridaYesYesRecommends all University of Southern CaliforniaYesNoScore choice OK University of St. Thomas (MN)YesYesRecommends all University of TennesseeYesYesRecommends all University of Texas—​AustinNoNoRecommends all University of Texas—​DallasYesNoScore choice OK University of the PacificYesYesRecommends all University of TulsaYesYesScore choice OK University of UtahNoNoScore choice OK University of VermontYesYesRecommends all University of VirginiaYes*Yes*Score choice OK University of WashingtonYesYesScore choice OK University of Wisconsin—​MadisonNoNoRecommends all Ursinus CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Valparaiso UniversityYesYesRecommends all Vanderbilt UniversityYesYesRecommends all Vassar CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Villanova UniversityYesYesRecommends all Virginia Commonwealth UniversityYesNoScore choice OK Virginia Military InstituteYesYesRecommends all Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityYesYesRecommends all Wabash CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Wake Forest UniversityYesYes*Score choice OK Washington and Jefferson CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Washington and Lee UniversityYesYesRecommends all Washington CollegeYesNoScore choice OK Washington State UniversityYesYesRecommends all Washington University in St. LouisYesYesScore choice OK Wellesley CollegeNoNoScore choice OK Wesleyan UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Western Michigan UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Westmont CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Wheaton College (IL)YesYesScore choice OK Whitman CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Whittier CollegeYesNoScore choice OK Willamette UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Williams CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Wofford CollegeYesYesScore choice OK Worcester Polytechnic InstituteNoNoScore choice OK Xavier UniversityYesYesScore choice OK Yale UniversityYesYesRequires all SAT or ACT Yeshiva UniversityYes**Yes**Score choice OK * Weak Superscoring—This school falls somewhere between highest composite and true superscoring. For instance, Cornell, Duke, and NYU look at the highest subscores even though they do not build a new composite score. We find this to be almost a distinction without a difference, especially since some colleges do the same thing behind the scenes but label it superscoring. **Stanford does not superscore  ACT; however the website states, For the ACT, we will review all subscores and focus on the highest Composite from all sittings. For the new SAT, Stanford will superscore your Evidence-Based Reading and Writing and Math scores across sittings taken with the essay and sittings taken without the essay. Post a comment or send an email to guide@compassprep.com with questions or recommended changes.