Hey all! In the Common App it asks for my highest composite ACT score. Is it fine to put my composite superscore in, or should I put my highest single-sitting test score? I don’t want to do anything that might invalidate my college application.
You put in your highest individual composite ACT score (that is not a superscore). You also report your highest individual section scores, regardless of what sitting each was from. That information will allow schools that calculate a superscored composite to do so.
How likely is it that I indicate for schools to superscore, and they end up using my individual composite?
If they say they superscore, they will. Please report common app fields exactly as requested.
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When the common app asks for number of ACT tests I want to report, what should I put?
I’ve taken the ACT twice, but would like the report the superscore. Would that be 1 test (superscore only), 2 tests (both individual tests), or 3 tests (both individual tests + superscore)?
You aren’t reporting a superscore on the common app. So, if the highest individual test composite and highest section scores come from two different tests, select two.
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FWIW, I was wondering a lot about this for my son. Then I happened to meet an admissions officer from a highly rejective college at a wedding. He said his college sees all the scores from all the tests and considers the highest score for each section. I asked why the college did not say “superscore” on their website. He laughed and told me I was overthinking it. He also said they do not compare how many times one applicant took the test vs another applicant.
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