Do Colleges Superscore Across the SAT and ACT?

Test Preparation
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<p>I'm applying to several colleges that superscore and require either the SAT and 2 Subject Tests or the ACT. I have a strong ACT composite (35), but my writing score on the SAT (790) is higher than my combined English/Writing score on the ACT (31), so I was wondering if most colleges will consider the SAT writing score but the ACT other scores. I do not plan on submitting SAT Subject Tests.</p>

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<p>Based on all that I have read, most colleges do not superscore across both tests to create some kind of ideal standardized-testing composite score, but all scores and subscores that you submit are considered and interpreted individually.</p>

<p>Usually, only your highest scores in each subject area along with your highest composite score (be it on the SAT or ACT) are seen as indicative of your academic ability.</p>

<p>So, yes, your higher SAT Writing score should compensate for your lower ACT Combined English/Writing score.</p>

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<p>The colleges that require either SAT plus two subject tests or, alternatively to both of those, the ACT, do not superscore between the ACT and SAT. Neither do most other colleges. There are a very small number of colleges that do superscore between the two tests, Gtech and Rose Hulman are two.</p>

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<p>Thank you, QuietLurker and drusba!</p>

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<p>Yeah GaTech does the supersuperscoring with some crazy formula, but for the most part, it doesn’t happen. You’re scores are great though, so you’ll be fine.</p>

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<p>In your case you should submit your very high ACT (even if composite is better than subscore) because schools including Ivies, Wesleyan and Vassar will ask for SAT PLUS two SAT II Subject tests.</p>

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This statement is misleading. All Ivy League schools do NOT have the same standardized testing requirements. Columbia, Brown, UPenn, and Yale ask for EITHER SAT + 2 Subject tests OR the ACT plus Writing (consistent with what nervedoctor has written). On the other hand, Harvard, Princeton, and Dartmouth require that an applicant submit 2 Subject tests regardless of whether he/she submits the SAT or ACT plus Writing (inconsistent with nervedoctor’s statement). Cornell’s standardized testing requirements vary depending on the college/dept. to which a student applies.</p>

<p>On a related note…
I have no idea why some colleges accept ACT scores (reasoning-based) in lieu of Subject test scores (content/curriculum-based). The tests are VERY different.</p>