<p>Does UMD superscore the ACT? Thanks!</p>
<p>Someone say yes, someone say no. I am confused.
Please also give the answer to " Does UMD superscore the SAT? Thanks! " .
Anyone PLEASE?</p>
<p>Yes to the SAT. But I don’t know about ACT.</p>
<p>I think I’ve heard admissions people from UMD saying they don’t even look at the ACTs.</p>
<p>jasloves, they accept either the ACT or the SAT. I can’t answer the superscoring question, however. OP–since the vast majority of people at UMD are from MD or the Eastern part of the U.S., probably most people who post here took the SAT…you should try to find out directly from the office of Admissions. You may have more luck getting an answer.</p>
<p>Yes, they superscore the ACT. DS took both an in his file, both are superscored.</p>
<p>They do look at the ACT because people from the middle parts of the country take the ACT with more frequency than the SAT. The ACT there is like the SAT on the east coast.</p>
<p>Both the ACT and the SAT are administered by collegeboard. They are equivalent. However, I believe people are confusing not looking at the ACT with they convert the ACT score to the SAT equivalent. From there, if you have submitted both, they will take the best score or either the ACT or SAT.</p>
<p>For example, if you get a 34 superscore on the ACT and it’s equivalent to the SAT is 2190, but you got a 2210 superscore they will take the 2210.</p>
<p>Thanks b&p. I just called UMCP admissions to confirm, and yes, they do superscore the ACT. </p>
<p>I know your example conversion between the SAT and ACT was just an example, but it is worth it for students who’ve taken both tests to compare their equivalent scores for both tests using the official ACT/SAT charts. You could either save money by sending just one set of testing, or you could send both sets to confirm the higher scoring. For example, 34 on the ACT is equivalent to a 1490-1530 on the M/CR SAT. If your M/CR SAT is 1500, you’d just send the ACT.</p>
<p>Unless something has changed in the last yr., collegeboard allows up to 5 schools to be sent through their system for free. I believe ea additional was $5.</p>
<p>I know, that some universities also accept copies of your personal hard copy…VATECH comes quickly to mind that allows this. The reason why is your sealed transcript will have the scores on it and thus, the copy is just re-verfication of the transcript. I do not know if UMDCP does that.</p>
<p>The tricky part about the equivalent is I have seen many different conversion charts, thus a 34 on one could be the range you mentioned, but on another it could be slightly lower or higher. Nobody knows the conversion chart UMDCP uses. Even, in your example it is a 40 point range, that means they could take the low end and you could be better off with the SAT.</p>
<p>The problem with the ACT is it is a composite score, thus you could have a 34, but when you split it up your V could be a 32, and your M could be a 36. </p>
<p>IMHO, it is best to take both tests, but once you convert them for equivalency, start trying to improve only on the one with the higher score. For example, you get a 34 on the ACT, and a 1400 on the SAT, stop taking the SAT because you are doing better on the ACT, and take only the ACT so you can superscore from there. Now take my previous example of 32 and 36, you can spend your time studying for just the V(or weakest section), if you bring that up to a 34, your superscore for the ACT would be a 35, since they are going to take the best of each component. You could get a 32 on the Math section the next time because you didn’t study, but it won’t matter, UMDCP will have you on file with a 36.</p>
<p>Best of luck</p>