<p>After reading many conflicting information on web,
sent an email to NU admission office and received the following
reply. </p>
<p>D got two 33 composit scores ( 35 when superscored )
and we guess she will take one more test. </p>
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<p>Dear xxx,</p>
<p>Thank you for your interest in Northwestern University. We will superscore the SAT. We will review the highest score for each individual subsection across all submitted test dates. We will not superscore the ACT. Please feel free to contact us if you have any further questions.</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Office of Undergraduate Admission
Northwestern University</p>
<p>That is what they told everyone at the info session we attended there last summer. They were pretty explicit about it, made a point of discussing it.</p>
<p>I had heard this multiple times, and I believe this is a pretty common practice. Not sure if you posted to notify us, or to ask a question, so I don’t know what else I can say for now…</p>
<p>Why do schools do this? How can they argue that it is fair?</p>
<p>Authoritative information is always welcome; thanks for posting.</p>
<p>U Chicago (among others) superscores the ACT. I’m not sure why NU doesn’t find it useful.</p>
<p>Crimsonstained7,</p>
<p>I’ve read multilple posts in this forum that someone either called or emailed NU and received response that NU does superscore ACT. Just in case others like me were wondering which information is accuate, I just wanted to share what I learned.</p>
<p>Illinoismum, I was just wondering because it wasn’t really clear if you were wondering about something, or if you were telling people. Thanks for posting, just wasn’t sure.</p>
<p>The argument is, I assume, because the ACT is so different from test to test, whereas the SAT is pretty much the same thing over and over again. Combining two tests might give someone an unfair advantage. That’s what they would say at least.</p>
<p>That’s funny - or maybe not so funny - I was told by someone in admissions 2-3 years ago that NU DID indeed superscore the ACT! As it turned out, my son only took it once - but I do remember the call. I do have to say that an email received tops a 2 year-old phone call!</p>
<p>If it’s different everytime, then judging kids based on their ACT scores 1-36, rather than their % in relation to other students, is bogus.</p>