ACT Score Choice

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<p>So I was looking on Harvard's website, and read "You are free to use the College Board Score Choice option or the similar option offered by the ACT."
What is the "similar option" mentioned here? How can I superscore my ACT scores? (I'm about to take it for the third time in September, and would like to combine all of my best scores if possible.)
Also, does anyone know if Yale, Stanford, and Georgetown also accept superscores?
Thank you so much!</p>

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<p>I think it’s just awkward phrasing on Harvard’s part, as student’s must pay for each ACT test they submit. For example, if you want to submit your 3 ACT tests, you have to pay the fee for each test submitted ($12 X 3 = $36 and that’s just for one college. Submit your scores to 10 colleges and the fee’s start adding up): <a href=“ACT Test Scores | ACT Scoring | ACT”>http://www.actstudent.org/scores/send/costs.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Harvard is very deliberate and circumspect with it’s wording: <a href=“Frequently Asked Questions | Harvard”>https://college.harvard.edu/frequently-asked-questions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Although Harvard could easily have said: “We superscore the SAT and ACT” – they did not. In the Common Data Set, Harvard breaks down subsections of the SAT for the 25th and 75th percentile scores. However, for the ACT, Harvard only uses the composite score for the 25th and 75th percentile scores, which might indicate that Admissions superscores the SAT, but does not for the ACT. </p>

<p>FWIW: Here’s a listing of colleges that superscore the ACT; Harvard, Yale and Georgetown are NOT on the list, but Stanford is: <a href=“http://www.freetestprep.com/blog/resources/list-of-colleges-and-universities-that-superscore-the-act-test/”>http://www.freetestprep.com/blog/resources/list-of-colleges-and-universities-that-superscore-the-act-test/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;