<p>You are making trouble, FC (LOL)! Anyway, all DS scores have been sent; transcripts, recs were sent; the wait is on…</p>
<p>Did you guys verify the superscore issue? My son retook ACT in December. His composite dropped (darn!), but a couple of individual sections improved…should we bother sending for scholarship purposes? (DS was accepted last month.)</p>
<p>Took S2 to a local session in October and a Campus Preview Day at Tulane in November. In both cases the question came up and the answer was “no” they don’t superscore the ACT, just the SAT.</p>
<p>At our info session on Long Island, we were told “yes” to superscoring. </p>
<p>DS submitted two sets of ACT scores - composites of 31 and 30, but 32 super score. He was admitted with Founders Scholarship $22k per year. I know he’s a great kid and all, but I think the ACT super score was particularly helpful. Maybe the admissions person we met on Ling Island had the wrong info, but this was our experience this fall. For the $11 more, it was worth sending both sets of scores. </p>
<p>By the way, they also say that they don’t consider subject test scores in admissions. Still, we sent three that were all in the 700s (math 2, chem and physics). Maybe they didn’t look at them, but maybe they peaked. Small price for me to pay in exchange for the awesome scholarship.</p>
<p>I agree LINYMOM. The more positive information they have to consider, the better. And if they review both ACTs and “notice” higher component scores on one test or another, but don’t “officially” calculate a superscore, it can only help. My S2 (probable incoming freshman) sent his AP scores (all 5’s), and while they don’t ask for those like the subject tests, I am sure it didn’t hurt for them to see those either. Whatever you can do to sell yourself…</p>
<p>Bumping this thread for class of 2019 - do they or do they not superscore the ACT? The web site is very vague, still. </p>
<p>This is relevant for many because unlike the SAT, which makes it easy to send all or some scores on one report, the ACT requires that each testing date be sent separately. And paid for separately as well. So if Tulane does superscore, sending 2 or more tests may make sense, if not, no reason to spend the extra $.</p>
<p>Anyone know for sure what the policy is this year?</p>
<p>No, they use your highest composite score, however, they told me that they recommend sending in all of your scores because they look to see if you improved any sections or something like that.</p>
<p>^ that’s interesting. Looking for improvement?</p>
<p>By definition, a superscore means a score made up of highs and lows form different test dates, so if you do worse on a section later on, how would THAT factor in?</p>
<p>So it sounds like they “unofficially” superscore, or in other words look at that “halo” I mentioned way back when. I think when they see better scores in a section during one test as compared to another, it is hard not to take some note of that.</p>
<p>As it happens, this isn’t personally relevant - due to time constraints D sent an older score and also sent a recent one sight unseen. The recent one has a higher composite but is lower in one section. So like it or not, Tulane got both.</p>
<p>I am curious as to whether Tulane considers both. Also wonder why they are so vague on their web site about their scoring policy in general.</p>
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They probably want to leave themselves flexibility to change policy if they want to. I could see, for example, that they could decide to start superscoring the ACT in a more official way. They aren’t, as far as I know, but why should they box themselves in on this issue? These things change and evolve, as demonstrated by the SAT changing yet again next year, or 2016 I guess it is.</p>
<p>I asked at a local info session about a month ago and was told no superscoring of the ACT.</p>