One of the most common questions I am asked is which colleges superscore the ACT. For those of you not familiar with superscoring, it is when a college takes the highest subscores from various test dates to get a new higher superscore. For example, assume that a student takes the April ACT and gets a 29 reading, 27 math, 28 English and 31 science subscores. This give a composite score of 29. That same student then takes the June ACT and gets a 32 reading, 25 math, 29 English and 29 science. Again, the student has a composite score of 29. However, if a college superscores the tests they combine the best scores from each test giving a 32 reading, 27 math, 29 English and a 31 science. This combined superscore gives a new composite of 30.
Most colleges in the past have superscored the SAT but not the ACT. Recently, however, some colleges are starting to superscore the ACT. I first reported on superscoring the ACT in December, 2007. Here is a list of the colleges that I believe currently do superscore the ACT. If a college is not on the list, I have received no information that it superscores the ACT. As I become aware of additional colleges I will add them to the list. This list is kept current.
One final note. I greatly appreciate all of the help that my readers have been providing by telling me which colleges superscore. However, my policy, to keep the list as accurate as possible, is to personally get confirmation from a college’s admissions department before putting them on the list unless their web site is very clear on ACT superscoring. So, keep sending me college’s that you have been told superscore the ACT, but it may take a bit before that college shows up on the list.
Albion College
American University
Amherst College
Babson College
Baylor University
Beloit College
Birmingham Southern College
Boston College
Brandeis University
Bryn Mawr College
Butler University
California Institute of Technology
California State University System
Capital University
Colby College
College of the Holy Cross
Connecticut College
DePauw University
Duquesne University
Eckerd College
Elon University
Florida Atlantic University
Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida State University
Georgia Tech
Hamilton College
Hampden-Sydney College
Haverford College
Hawaii Pacific University
Hendrix College
Hollins University
Indiana University-Bloomington
Johns Hopkins University
Kalamazoo College
Kenyon College
Kettering University
Lafayette College
Lawrence University
Loyola University in Maryland
Middlebury College
MIT *
Millsaps College
NCAA Clearinghouse
New York University
Northeastern University
North Carolina State University
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Pepperdine University
Pitzer College
Pomona College
Regis University
Roger Williams University
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Spring Hill College
Syracuse University
Towson University
Trinity College
Trinity University
Troy University
Tufts University
United States Naval Academy
University of Arkansas – Fayetteville
University of Chicago
University of Colorado – Boulder
University of Connecticut
University of Dayton
University of Delaware
University of Denver
University of Georgia
University of Illinois ***
University of Louisiana – Lafayette
University of Maryland
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Miami
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
University of North Texas
University of Puget Sound
University of San Diego
University of South Florida
University of Tampa
University of Tennessee – Knoxville
University of Vermont
University of Virginia **
Valparaiso University
Vassar College
Virginia Tech
Washington and Lee University
Washington State University
Washington University – St. Louis
Wesleyan University
Wheaton College
Williams College
Xavier University
*MIT uses the best subscores from each section of the ACT but does not use a composite score. So effect is same benefit as superscoring.
** University of Virginia does not combine subscores to reach a superscore composite but they do consider the best subscores from different tests.
***University of Illinois says that they do not superscore the ACT. However, they say ” Colleges will often evaluate results from the sub-scores (English, Math, etc.). If an applicant submits scores from more than one test date, the highest sub-score(s) will be used in this evaluation.” This appears to be similar to the University of Virginia.
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