<p>My DD took the ACT twice. She did better on every section except math on test date one; on test date two, however, her math score went from a 32 to a 34. However, even if the results from the two test dates are superscored, her composite would remain the same. Should she send both test date results? Or does it not matter because the composite is the same in any case. Do the admissions officers reading the files see all the individual section scores, or only the highest ones for each section? Thanks so much.</p>
<p>I certainly don’t claim to have the knowledge/authority of Dan the Man, but the Tufts Admissions site it makes it pretty darn clear that they want you to send ALL SCORES. They say that they will give you the benefit of the doubt and consider your best scores anyway. I’m personally guessing that the highest individual subject scores matter more than the composite; the composite is just an average, after all.</p>
<p>I am completely unnecessary. :)</p>
<p>Thanks blueWednesday and Dan.</p>
<p>The Tufts’ Admission site only talks about sending all scores with regards to the SAT.</p>
<p>[SAT</a> and ACT Tests Tufts University Admissions Department](<a href=“http://admissions.tufts.edu/apply/first-year-students/sat-and-act-tests/]SAT”>SAT and ACT Tests | Tufts Admissions)</p>
<p>I didn’t find anything about the ACT (correct me if I’m wrong), so what if someone sends one ACT on which they scored higher in every section and doesn’t even bother to send scores from a different test date that was lower in every section?</p>
<p>EDIT: Just wanted to add that I noticed that under the ACT it says “When taken multiple times, we will use your highest sub-score for each section”, but there isn’t anything specifically saying that students must submit ALL ACT scores. There’s a section that addresses the SAT, but it just seems like sending the scores from one sitting for the ACT is okay (even if the student took it multiple times).</p>
<p>Tufts does the same thing with the SAT and the ACT: takes the highest subsection scores and then uses the total. Pretty much everyone does better on different sections each time they take a test, so when a school says that they superscore, it is always worth it to send all the testing results. rhbbhr’s daughter would definitely benefit from sending all scores, since superscoring means that her higher math score on test date 2 gets substituted for the lower math score on test date 1. </p>
<p>If the subsection scores were entirely the same on both tests, then save money and send just one ACT. :)</p>
<p>^The reason schools don’t always make you send every ACT, but *do *make you send every SAT is that you pay one lump sum for all the SATs, but individually for each ACT. (At least it used to be that way, don’t know if it still is.)</p>