<p>Does anyone know if Michigan sperscores?</p>
<p>Michigan does not superscore.</p>
<p>I thought it did superscore the SAT but not the ACT</p>
<p>“There is no limit to the number of times that you may take the SAT and/or ACT test; we will use the highest score from any one sitting when reviewing your application.”</p>
<p>tip: a lot of information can be found at the “Ask Us” knowledge database.</p>
<p>I’m so glad Michigan doesn’t superscore. I find it obnoxious how students can take these tests numerous times and then pick and choose the highest scores by section. Just another reason where these tests are biased to the wealthier student.</p>
<p>rjkofnovi, you must find the whole country, the system and everything around you quite obnoxious, it’s called capitalism and it favors those who are successful in it. You might find an artificially protected world in college but the real world is quite different out there. Relax, get used to it and use your energy to try to succeed instead of complaining. Chill!</p>
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<p>Today’s definition of obnoxious brought to you by Agnosticbimbo ;)</p>
<p>Successful, life-long learners and critical thinkers typically do not need mommy and daddy to pay for SAT coaches or to spend their lives taking standardized testing in the hopes of arriving at a super, superscore. Which is why Michigan does not see the need to accept superscores.</p>
<p>kmccrindle, I’m not sure where you get your data on “successful, life-long learners and critical thinkers” to arrive at whatever consclusion you want to arrive. But, regardles, in my case, I don’t have mommy and daddy paying for coaches but I am willing to take the tests as often as I need to (not spending my life doing so, by the way) in order to improve my chances to attend one of the schools I’m highly intersted in. From my point of view, it’s working hard to achieve my goals. It is allowed by excellent schools and in those cases is playing by the rules as everyone else can do the same. Some colleges appreciate it and some, like Michigan, don’t. I don’t have a problem with that. I have a problem with people becoming offended becasuse I will try as hard as I can to achieve my goals within the rules that apply to me and everyone else. My message to you and to those people is: get off your high horse and don’t assume what you don’t know.</p>
<p>“rjkofnovi, you must find the whole country, the system and everything around you quite obnoxious, it’s called capitalism and it favors those who are successful in it.”</p>
<p>I do find superscoring obnoxious. Sorry if it offends your capitalistic sensibilities. I am glad to hear that you have unlimited funds to take tests over and over again. I have a feeling that mommy and daddy are indeed paying for the repeated testing “as often as (you) need to.” That is good for you and it’s also good that you can play by the rules in order to compete with other wealthy individuals. However, many students are not as lucky as you are. That is the point I was trying to make. If you can’t understand that, then I suggest you need to study more on “real world” issues and not be so quick to dismiss others who aren’t as fortunate.</p>
<p>One more thing that irks me about superscoring. It’s NOT like high school or college at all. Where else can you retake a test, as many times as you like, and only have the top scores count by section? Try getting away with that in your everyday regular education.</p>
<p>I don’t think it has anything to do with capitalism. The reality is, no matter where you go, the world is made up of two types of people: The Haves, and the HaveNots.
Whether you are in capitalist America, communist China or socialist Europe, it doesnt make any difference. The Haves get whatever they want, and the HaveNots don’t.</p>
<p>^^^You are correct bearcats. I don’t blame Agnosticbimbo for what she is doing either. I just don’t feel it is fair. But such is life.</p>
<p>Except, bearcats, the have-nots are also deemed to be worthy (if worthy in terms of performance) of adequate education in the socialist countries to which you refer 
And it was AgnosticBimbo, not rjk, who introduced the clever observation that “capitalism favors those who are successful in it.”</p>
<p>and ??? someone please call the irony police?
Sigh.</p>
<p>Man, you’re pathetic. You’re desperately trying to portray me as someone who "have unlimited funds to take tests over and over again. I have a feeling that mommy and daddy are indeed paying for the repeated testing agoing on a trip " …Your feeling is so dam wrong, nothing could be further from the truth. Everything I do I pay for my self. I’ve been working since the 9nth grade and, probably different from you, I don’t need daddy and mommy paying for my things. I’m sure that is why we have such different view on things. I’m always looking for every opportunity because I have to carry my own weight. To me capitalism is working hard and making the most of every opportunity that comes your way. And I agree with Bearcat, in any system you will find the haves and havenots. A democratic capitalist system suffers from the same, however, it is the only system that gives you and opportunity to break through and move ahead. The high horse people are the ones who believe to be above everyone else hiding themselves behind technicalities to avoid any type of competition. Get a life, do something valuable, there are enough ----- in the world already. People who write here are seeking positive advise. Make an effort to try to be constructive not destructive.</p>
<p>If Michigan superscored, the mid 50% SAT range would increase by 30 points per section.</p>
<p>^^^And it would once again only prove that the same students are not any smarter or better prepared for college after taking the same test multiple times. It’s really quite silly.</p>
<p>Again, I am not opining as to if it is the right thing to do or not. I was just asking if Michigan superscored SAT results. Most schools do, many are not as prestigious as Michigan, but there are many other elite schools out there that do.</p>
<p>Most top publics take your highest composite score in a single sitting. The only exceptions I know are UNC, UVa and W&M.</p>
<p>For Michigan, your GPA is more important than your test scores.</p>
<p>^Except that you were a tad discourteous to rjk for expressing his own opinion, suggesting instead that he should just embrace capitalism and be quiet about it, which is the only reason I mocked your post at all.</p>
<p>This country was in fact founded on the tenets of the French revolution, and include such notions as freedom of speech and fostering an environment where members of a democracy can pursue life, liberty and happiness. Some people feel there is within that notion an inherent responsibility to ensure those rights and freedoms are available for or at least accessible to those less able or otherwise vulnerable, such as innocent children without means, for whom standardized testing is already often culturally biased due to different predilections in learning style.</p>
<p>You don’t want to end this, do you?</p>
<p>You say I was a tad discourteous to rjk because I asked a simple fact and then I’m called obnoxious and portrayed as an affluent brat for no reason when there is nothing further from the truth.</p>
<p>Now you come down with a lecture on the history of the nation, freedom of speech and culturally biased standardized tests, and Im supposed to be the obnoxious one? You have to be kidding me.</p>
<p>Pls give me a break and go read more about the influence of the French Enlightenment upon our founding fathers (by the way the US declaration of independance was written more than a decade before the French Revolution). Go do something productive, read again the history book, or just take a hike.</p>