<p>Does Chicago combine scores from multiple sittings or does it take just the best composite score from a single sitting?</p>
<p>I'm not sure I've seen a published policy on this. I do not believe they try to bring a student's score up to some magical level, they try and get a sense of whether or not a student will fit into the Chicago academic milieu. Typically with ACT scores, one sends only the score one wants the university to see. You may want to call ask, however.</p>
<p>Good news. I called the office and the person said that UChicago combines ACT scores from multiple test dates to make the highest composite!</p>
<p>AGHHH... I wish I knew that about a week ago. :( </p>
<p>Oh well, my other ACT scores were terrible. Well, actually, not terrible but.... ugh. Maybe I should rush report the one I'm thinking of.</p>
<p>Chicago does not use some type of mathematical formula in its admissions decisions, it uses input from the entire application which is read twice at a minimum. You need to ask yourself, "Will this help them understand what I can contribute?" They use all information to form a picture of the student and try to get a vision of whether the person will contribute to the Chicago environment. They know what kind of students the faculty want and looks to enroll that student. At Chicago they do not try to build a class, but they do look for the individual contribution a particular student might make to the classroom milieu. Ted O'Neill has been quoted as saying that he have no real idea of what a particular class' demographics or "numbers" look like until he reads the final report on admitted students. These are tough decisions, I'm not sure there is a rule for any of it. Good luck.</p>
<p>In the meantime, Samantha, you can send your copies of the score reports. Hopefully, the official reports would get there in time. Even though a point won't make that much of a difference, you still want to present yourself in the best light. You earned that score, so you have the right to report it. But idad is right in saying that Ted O'Neill is more concerned about the overall picture. Intellectual vigor is what the committee is looking for, I think.</p>
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<p>Interesting.... I never knew that. I thought that Wash U was the only "major" school that recognized the combined ACT score. Son had a big jump in his SAT score for October, so we used that for the EA. But for a long time we were relying on the ACT, and it would have given him a little boost to combine the two sittings.</p>
<p>In most cases, though, I would agree that it's not going to make a huge difference in whether someone gets admitted. And, frankly, that's one of the things I really like about Chicago: they are not fixated on artificial things like standardized tests.</p>
<p>in order for them to combine the best.........will you have to have ACT officially send them scores from multiple test dates?</p>