<p>I was wondering how important the superscore is; my top choice is Duke, which unless I am mistaken takes the top score from each category. </p>
<p>Right now I have a 2140 from 660 CR, 680 M, and 800 W. I am taking the SAT tomorrow and expect to get 780 in Math and 730 or so in CR, essentially achieving a 2300+ superscore. </p>
<p>I know that superscore means that they consider your SAT score a 2300, but do they really take it that seriously? Do they really consider your application with a score of 2300? I'm sorry if this doesn't make sense, but I guess I'm just wondering how legitimate a superscore is to colleges that say they have it.</p>
<p>Colleges claim to take it seriously. Also – and this is important – when they report data on the Common Data Set and elsewhere, they’re supposed to use the same standards as they use for admissions.</p>
<p>(In other words, the advantage to the college is that they can report higher average scores, which helps in the rankings).</p>
<p>This being said the admissions officers who see all your scores are human beings and it’s a holistic process, so is it possible that someone may be unconsciously influenced, of course, as I said we’re dealing with human beings. However, by and large, assume that a school is describing its policy in good faith.</p>