How does UVa "look at" ACT scores?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Virginia
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<p>do they just look at composite?
do they "superscore"?
do they look at all scores individually?</p>

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<p>UVa looks at SATs by individual sections, not as an overall score. This may give us insight as to how they evaluate ACTs.</p>

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<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-virginia/1222475-should-i-send-my-old-sat-scores.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-virginia/1222475-should-i-send-my-old-sat-scores.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Oh wow are we sure about that? That would be great, because I did really well on my first ACT but messed up science (got a 23 yet still came out with a 29 composite). But I did worse on my second one in all sections but science (bumped it up to a 27, composite 28). Should I send the new one?</p>

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<p>The CC member hazel quoted, Dean J, is the UVa Dean of admissions rep here, so yes, the information is valid. The information I posted is something Dean J has shared here before. I just didn’t pull a quote.</p>

<p>edit to add: UVa does not superscore the ACT: I searched Dean J’s blog and found the following:</p>

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<a href=“http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2009/08/sat-and-score-choice.html[/url]”>http://uvaapplication.blogspot.com/2009/08/sat-and-score-choice.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>This was 2009, however there was also a post in the Q&A section in late 2010 where she confirmed this.</p>

<p>Even though they do not superscore I believe they still look at the sections individually. Perhaps someone else can confirm this.</p>

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<p>Yep, while we aren’t technically super scoring (recalculating totals), we are looking at the best possible set of scores.</p>

<p>The system automatically pulls the best composite and then the best sub-scores (even if a sub-score doesn’t correspond to the best composite). I only see the best set of scores.</p>

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<p>excellent. i like your “system,” the fact that it only shows the good scores reassures me that my bad scores wont be seen :X</p>

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<p>what does superscore mean?</p>

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<p>Superscoreing is when a school agrees to take the highest subscores from all test dates and combine them for a single high score. For instance, you have three SAT test dates:
Test 1: M/ 650, CR/ 700, W/ 670
Test 2: M/ 630, CR/ 720, W/ 660
Test 3: M/ 690, CR/ 680, W/ 650</p>

<p>Only the following scores are sent from Collegeboard if you select Superscore when sending scores:</p>

<p>Superscore: M/ 690, CR/ 720, W/670</p>

<p>As Dean J explained above, UVa has an internal system that will superscore for you even if all your scores are sent. The computer automatically drops down the highest scores for each section.</p>