<p>You know how colleges list 25%, 50%, 75 % ranges of admitted students. Are the score ranges they provide super scores or plain scores?</p>
<p>It depends on that school’s policy. Nevertheless, most schools do not superscore ACT anyway.</p>
<p>There is some discretion (or lack of controls) in the common data set system. Individual schools can and do interpret reporting requirements in different ways, so there is no clear cut answer to your question. </p>
<p>Obviously, most schools don’t superscore the ACT and at those schools you can safely assume the reported numbers reflect single sitting composites. For schools which superscore the ACT, the CDS does not provide clear guidance (at least that I’ve found including by trolling their listserv) as to whether it is permissible to report ACT composite figures on a superscored basis. So, the ACT composite figures you see published in those schools’ common data sets may well reflect superscores.</p>
<p>Update: I just found a post by Dan the Tufts admin officer acknowledging that the mean ACT composite of successful applicants reported by Tufts reflects superscores.</p>
<p>^ Tufts is one of the schools that does superscore the ACT. [Colleges</a> that superscore the ACT » College Admissions Counseling](<a href=“http://www.collegeadmissionspartners.com/college-testing/colleges-superscore-act/]Colleges”>Colleges that superscore the ACT - BS/MD Admissions by College Admissions Partners)</p>
<p>So it looks like those who superscore ACT, the mean numbers they post are superscore numbers. And those who don’t, the mean numbers are the standalone numbers. The same will apply to SAT as well. SAT is superscored by most schools.</p>
<p>This is what I received from Cornell </p>
<p><strong><em>The term Super Score is a term related to SAT only. The most important thing to know is that Cornell uses your highest sub scores for the SAT or ACT and the SAT subject tests. Regardless of what test you submit or how many times you take the test, only your highest scores will be considered.</em></strong></p>
<p>Just guessing here, but based on that I’d expect Cornell not to disclose its ACT composite percentiles in terms of superscores, but the subscore data published in Cornell’s CDS might well reflect the highest ACT subscores applicants received in different sittings.</p>
<p>I wonder all colleges go by what Cornell told me. Meaning if you ask them, do you superscore ACT, the answer is NO as they think the term super score is used for SAT and Not for ACT, but they would consider the highest ACT subscore. If that be the case i.e if they consider the highest subscore then what’s the difference? Isn’t that same as super scoring except the semantics</p>
<p>I believe that’s how it works Collegebound. Unless a school explicitly states that it only uses your highest composite, most schools will consider all of your scores and decide what they want to do with them. They normally state that they will select the scores which best reflect you, which normally works in your favor.</p>
<p>And no it is not the same as superscoring. You are getting the benefit of using your highest sub-scores, but a new composite is not calculated with your highest sub-scores.</p>
<p>Everything is under the discretion of the colleges. Thankfully, my ED school Cornell considers all test scores.</p>
<p>^^^And no it is not the same as superscoring. You are getting the benefit of using your highest sub-scores, but a new composite is not calculated with your highest sub-scores.***</p>
<p>You got me confused there. what do you mean by you are getting the benefit of using your highest sub score but a new composite is not calculated.</p>
<p>As an example if your highest composite is only a 26 but you manage to get a 35 subscore in math on a different sitting, they would consider you as an applicant with a 26 composite but with a great math subscore.</p>