Superscoring

Many in college admission talk about reading applications holistically and supportively; one way they can do this is by “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 “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.

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.

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.

School Superscore SAT Superscore ACT Superscore ACT with Single Section Retakes Score Choice Abilene Christian University Yes Yes Recommends all Adelphi University Yes Yes Score choice OK Agnes Scott College Yes No Score choice OK Albion College Yes Yes Score choice OK Allegheny College Yes Yes Score choice OK American University Yes No Score choice OK Amherst College Yes Yes Score Choice OK Appalachian State University Yes Yes Score choice OK Arizona State University—​Tempe No No Score choice OK Auburn University No No Score choice OK Augustana College No No Score choice OK Austin College Yes Yes Score choice OK Babson College Yes Yes Score choice OK Baldwin Wallace University Yes Yes Score choice OK Bard College Yes Yes Score choice OK Barnard College Yes Yes Recommends all SAT or ACT Bates College Yes Yes Score choice OK Baylor University Yes Yes Score choice OK Beloit College Yes Yes Score choice OK Bennington College Yes Yes* Score choice OK Bentley University Yes Yes Score choice OK Berea College Yes Yes Score choice OK Berry College Yes No Recommends all Binghamton University—​SUNY Yes Yes Score choice OK Biola University Yes No Score choice OK Birmingham-​Southern College Yes Yes Score choice OK Boston College Yes Yes Score choice OK Boston University Yes Yes Recommends all Bowdoin College Yes* Yes Score choice OK Bradley University No No Score choice OK Brandeis University Yes No Score choice OK Brigham Young University—​Provo No No Score choice OK Brown University Yes Yes* Score choice OK Bryn Mawr College Yes No Score choice OK Bucknell University Yes No Score choice OK Butler University Yes Yes Score choice OK California Institute of Technology Yes No* Score choice OK California Lutheran University Yes Yes Score choice OK California Polytechnic State University—​San Luis Obispo Yes Yes Score choice OK California State Polytechnic University—Pomona Yes Yes Score choice OK California State University—Fresno Yes Yes Score choice OK California State University—Fullerton Yes Yes Score choice OK California State University—Long Beach Yes Yes Score choice OK California State University—Los Angeles Yes Yes Score Choice OK California State University—Monterey Bay Yes Yes Score choice OK California State University—Northridge Yes No Score choice OK Carleton College Yes No Score choice OK Carnegie Mellon University Yes No Requires all SAT or ACT Carroll College No No Recommends all Case Western Reserve University Yes Yes Score choice OK Centre College Yes Yes Recommends all Chapman University Yes No Recommends all Christopher Newport University Yes No Score choice OK Claremont McKenna College Yes Yes Score choice OK Clark University Yes Yes Recommends all Clarkson University No No Score choice OK Clemson University Yes No Score choice OK Coe College No No Score choice OK Colby College Yes Yes Recommends all Colgate University Yes Yes Score choice OK College of Charleston Yes Yes Recommends all College of New Jersey Yes No Score choice OK College of St. Benedict Yes Yes Recommends all College of the Holy Cross Yes Yes Score choice OK College of William and Mary Yes No Score choice OK College of Wooster Yes Yes Score choice OK Colorado College Yes No Score choice OK Colorado School of Mines Yes Yes Score choice OK Colorado State University Yes Yes Recommends all Columbia University Yes Yes Score choice OK Concordia College—​Moorhead Yes Yes Score choice OK Connecticut College Yes Yes Score choice OK Cooper Union Yes Yes Recommends all Cornell College Yes Yes Yes Score choice OK Cornell University Yes* No Requires all ACT; SAT Score Choice OK Creighton University Yes Yes Score choice OK CUNY—​Baruch College Yes Yes Score choice OK Dartmouth College Yes No Score choice OK Davidson College Yes Yes Recommends all Denison University Yes Yes Score choice OK DePaul University No No Score choice OK DePauw University Yes Yes Score choice OK Dickinson College Yes Yes Score choice OK Drake University No No Score choice OK Drew University Yes No Score choice OK Drexel University Yes No Recommends all Drury University No No Score choice OK Duke University Yes* Yes* Score choice OK Duquesne University Yes Yes Recommends all Earlham College Yes Yes Score choice OK Elmhurst College No No Score choice OK Elon University Yes Yes Recommends all Embry-​Riddle Aeronautical University Yes Yes Score choice OK Emerson College Yes Yes Score choice OK Emory University Yes No Recommends all Fairfield University Yes Yes Score choice OK Florida Institute of Technology Yes Yes Recommends all Florida State University Yes Yes Recommends all Fordham University Yes Yes Yes Score choice OK Franklin and Marshall College Yes Yes Score choice OK Furman University Yes Yes Score choice OK Gallaudet University Yes No Score choice OK George Mason University Yes No Recommends all George Washington University Yes No Score choice OK Georgetown University Yes No Requires all scores Georgia Institute of Technology Yes Yes Recommends all Gettysburg College Yes Yes Score choice OK Gonzaga University Yes Yes Score choice OK Goshen College Yes Yes Recommends all Goucher College Yes Yes Score choice OK Grinnell College Yes Yes Score choice OK Gustavus Adolphus College No No Score choice OK Hamilton College Yes Yes Score choice OK Hampden-​Sydney College Yes Yes Recommends all Hampton University Yes No Score choice OK Hanover College Yes Yes Score choice OK Harvard University* Yes No Score choice OK Harvey Mudd College Yes Yes Recommends all Haverford College Yes Yes Recommends all Hendrix College Yes Yes Score choice OK High Point University Yes Yes Score choice OK Hillsdale College No No Score choice OK Hobart and William Smith Colleges Yes Yes Score choice OK Hofstra University Yes Yes Recommends all Hollins University Yes Yes Score choice OK Hope College Yes Yes Yes Score choice OK Howard University Yes No Score choice OK Humboldt State University Yes Yes Score choice OK Illinois Institute of Technology Yes Yes Recommends all Illinois Wesleyan University No No Score choice OK Indiana University—​Bloomington Yes Yes Score choice OK Iowa State University No No Score choice OK Ithaca College Yes Yes Score choice OK James Madison University Yes Yes Score choice OK John Brown University No No Score choice OK Johns Hopkins University Yes Yes Recommends all Kalamazoo College Yes Yes Score choice OK Kenyon College Yes Yes Recommends all Knox College Yes Yes Score choice OK Lafayette College Yes Yes Score choice OK Lake Forest College Yes Yes Recommends all Lawrence University Yes Yes Score choice OK Lehigh University Yes Yes Score choice OK Lewis & Clark College Yes Yes Score choice OK Lipscomb University No No Score choice OK Louisiana State University—​Baton Rouge No No Score choice OK Loyola Marymount University Yes No Score choice OK Loyola University Chicago Yes Yes Score choice OK Loyola University Maryland Yes Yes Score choice OK Loyola University New Orleans Yes Yes Score choice OK Luther College Yes No Recommends all Macalester College Yes Yes Recommends all Marist College Yes Yes Score choice OK Marquette University No No Score choice OK Massachusetts Institute of Technology Yes Yes Score choice OK Mercer University Yes Yes Score choice OK Miami University—​Oxford Yes Yes Recommends all Michigan State University No No Score choice OK Michigan Technological University No No Score choice OK Middlebury College Yes Yes Recommends all Mills College Yes No Score choice OK Millsaps College Yes Yes Recommends all Milwaukee School of Engineering No No Recommends all Mississippi State University No No Score choice OK Missouri University of Science & Technology No No Score choice OK Morehouse College Yes Contact college Score choice OK Mount Holyoke College Yes Yes Score choice OK Muhlenberg College Yes No Score choice OK New College of Florida Yes Yes Recommends all New Jersey Institute of Technology Yes No Recommends all New School No No Score choice OK New York University Yes Yes Score choice OK North Carolina State University—​Raleigh Yes Yes Recommends all Northeastern University Yes Yes Score choice OK Northwestern University Yes Yes Score choice OK Oberlin College Yes Yes Score choice OK Occidental College Yes Yes* Score choice OK Ohio State University—​Columbus No No Score choice OK Ohio University Yes No Recommends all Ohio Wesleyan University Yes Yes Recommends all Oklahoma State University No No Recommends all Oregon State University No No Recommends all Pacific Lutheran University Yes Yes Score choice OK Pennsylvania State University—​University Park No No Recommends all Pepperdine University Yes No Score choice OK Pitzer College Yes Yes Score choice OK Point Loma Nazarene University Yes Yes Score choice OK Pomona College Yes Yes Recommends all Pratt Institute Yes No Score choice OK Presbyterian College (SC) Yes Yes Score choice OK Princeton University Yes No Recommends all Providence College Yes Yes* Recommends all Purdue University—​West Lafayette Yes Yes* Score choice OK Queens University of Charlotte Yes Yes Score choice OK Quinnipiac University Yes No Recommends all Randolph-​Macon College Yes Yes Recommends all Reed College Yes No Recommends all Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Yes No Score choice OK Rhode Island School of Design Yes Yes Score choice OK Rhodes College Yes Yes Score choice OK Rice University Yes Yes* Recommends all Ripon College No No Score choice OK Rochester Institute of Technology Yes Yes Score choice OK Rollins College Yes No Score choice OK Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—​New Brunswick Yes No Recommends all Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey—​Newark Yes No Recommends all Saint Louis University No No Score choice OK Samford University Yes Yes Score choice OK San Diego State University Yes Yes Recommends all San Francisco State University Yes No Score choice OK San Jose State University Yes Yes Score choice OK Santa Clara University Yes Yes Score choice OK Sarah Lawrence College Yes Yes Score choice OK Scripps College Yes Yes Score choice OK Seattle University Yes Yes Recommends all Seton Hall University Yes Yes Recommends all Sewanee—​University of the South Yes Yes Score choice OK Siena College Yes No Recommends all Simmons College Yes Yes Score choice OK Skidmore College Yes No Score choice OK Smith College Yes No Score choice OK Soka University of America Yes Yes Requires all SAT or ACT Southern Methodist University Yes Yes Score choice OK Southwestern University Yes No Recommends all Spelman College Yes Yes Score choice OK St. John Fisher College Yes Yes Score choice OK St. John's College Annapolis Yes Yes Recommends all St. John's University (NY) Yes Yes Score choice OK St. Lawrence University Yes Yes Score choice OK St. Mary's College (IN) Yes Yes Score choice OK St. Mary's College of California Yes Yes Recommends all St. Mary's College of Maryland Yes No Recommends all St. Michael's College Yes Yes Score choice OK St. Olaf College Yes Yes Score choice OK Stanford University Yes** No** Score choice OK Stetson University Yes Yes Score choice OK Stevens Institute of Technology Yes Yes Score choice OK Stonehill College Yes Yes Score choice OK Stony Brook University—​SUNY Yes No Recommends all SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Yes Yes Score choice OK SUNY—​Geneseo Yes Yes Score choice OK Susquehanna University Yes Yes Recommends all Swarthmore College Yes Yes* Score choice OK Syracuse University Yes Yes Requires all scores Taylor University Yes Yes Score choice OK Temple University Yes Yes Yes Recommends all Texas A&M University—​College Station No No Score choice OK Texas Christian University Yes Yes Recommends all Texas Lutheran University Yes Yes Recommends all The Catholic University of America Yes No Score choice OK The Citadel Yes No Requires all SAT or ACT Thomas Aquinas College Yes Yes Score choice OK Transylvania University Yes Yes Score choice OK Trinity College (Hartford) Yes Yes Score choice OK Trinity University Yes Yes Score choice OK Truman State University No No Score choice OK Tufts University Yes Yes Recommends all Tulane University Yes No Score choice OK Union College (Schenectady, NY) Yes Yes Score choice OK United States Air Force Academy Yes Yes Score choice OK United States Coast Guard Academy Yes Yes Score choice OK United States Military Academy Yes Yes Score choice OK United States Naval Academy Yes Yes Score choice OK University at Albany—​SUNY Yes Yes Score choice OK University at Buffalo—​SUNY Yes No Score choice OK University of Alabama No No Score choice OK University of Arizona No No Score choice OK University of Arkansas—​Fayetteville Yes Yes Score choice OK University of California—​Berkeley No No Recommends all University of California—​Davis No No Recommends all University of California—​Irvine No No Recommends all University of California—​Los Angeles No No Recommends all University of California—Merced No No Recommends all University of California—Riverside No No Recommends all University of California—​San Diego No No Recommends all University of California—​Santa Barbara No No Recommends all University of California—​Santa Cruz No No Recommends all University of Chicago Yes Yes Recommends all University of Cincinnati No No Recommends all University of Colorado—​Boulder Yes Yes Recommends all University of Connecticut Yes Yes Score choice OK University of Dallas Yes No Recommends all University of Dayton Yes Yes Score choice OK University of Delaware Yes Yes Recommends all University of Denver Yes Yes Score choice OK University of Florida Yes No Score choice OK University of Georgia Yes Yes Score choice OK University of Hawaii at Manoa Yes Yes Score choice OK University of Illinois—​Chicago No No Score choice OK University of Illinois—​Urbana-​Champaign Yes* Yes* Score choice OK University of Iowa No No Score choice OK University of Kansas No No Score choice OK University of Kentucky Yes Yes Recommends all University of La Verne Yes Yes Score choice OK University of Mary Washington Yes Yes Score choice OK University of Maryland—​College Park Yes Yes Score choice OK University of Massachusetts—​Amherst Yes Yes Score choice OK University of Miami Yes Yes Recommends all University of Michigan—​Ann Arbor Yes* Yes* Score choice OK University of Minnesota—​Twin Cities No No Recommends all University of Mississippi No No Score choice OK University of Missouri No No Score choice OK University of Nebraska—​Lincoln No No Score choice OK University of New Hampshire Yes No Recommends all University of North Carolina—​Chapel Hill Yes Yes Score choice OK University of North Carolina—​Wilmington Yes Yes Recommends all University of Notre Dame Yes Yes Score choice OK University of Oklahoma No Yes Yes Score choice OK University of Oregon Yes No Score choice OK University of Pennsylvania Yes Yes Score Choice OK University of Pittsburgh Yes No Recommends all University of Portland Yes Yes Score choice OK University of Puget Sound Yes Yes Score choice OK University of Redlands Yes Yes Recommends all University of Richmond Yes Yes Score choice OK University of Rochester Yes Yes Score choice OK University of San Diego Yes No Score choice OK University of San Francisco Yes Yes Recommends all University of South Carolina Yes No Score choice OK University of South Florida Yes Yes Recommends all University of Southern California Yes No Score choice OK University of St. Thomas (MN) Yes Yes Recommends all University of Tennessee Yes Yes Recommends all University of Texas—​Austin No No Recommends all University of Texas—​Dallas Yes No Score choice OK University of the Pacific Yes Yes Recommends all University of Tulsa Yes Yes Score choice OK University of Utah No No Score choice OK University of Vermont Yes Yes Recommends all University of Virginia Yes* Yes* Score choice OK University of Washington Yes Yes Score choice OK University of Wisconsin—​Madison No No Recommends all Ursinus College Yes Yes Score choice OK Valparaiso University Yes Yes Recommends all Vanderbilt University Yes Yes Recommends all Vassar College Yes Yes Score choice OK Villanova University Yes Yes Recommends all Virginia Commonwealth University Yes No Score choice OK Virginia Military Institute Yes Yes Recommends all Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Yes Yes Recommends all Wabash College Yes Yes Score choice OK Wake Forest University Yes Yes* Score choice OK Washington and Jefferson College Yes Yes Score choice OK Washington and Lee University Yes Yes Recommends all Washington College Yes No Score choice OK Washington State University Yes Yes Recommends all Washington University in St. Louis Yes Yes Score choice OK Wellesley College No No Score choice OK Wesleyan University Yes Yes Score choice OK Western Michigan University Yes Yes Score choice OK Westmont College Yes Yes Score choice OK Wheaton College (IL) Yes Yes Score choice OK Whitman College Yes Yes Score choice OK Whittier College Yes No Score choice OK Willamette University Yes Yes Score choice OK Williams College Yes Yes Score choice OK Wofford College Yes Yes Score choice OK Worcester Polytechnic Institute No No Score choice OK Xavier University Yes Yes Score choice OK Yale University Yes Yes Requires all SAT or ACT Yeshiva University Yes** 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.

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