<p>At a Yale information session today, the admissions counselor stated that Yale superscores. However, she didn't say which tests Yale does so with.</p>
<p>1) I swear I read somewhere that Yale does not superscore. It is safe to assume that the admissions counselor is the correct party here, I hope?</p>
<p>2) Does Yale superscore the ACT, the SAT, both, or neither?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
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<p>The answer is somewhat subtle. They want to see your top scores (thereby super scoring you). But they also want to know if you’re some test taking robot who attempted the SAT five times in order to boost your grades. Rightly so, that person’s super scores would be viewed a little more dimly than the person who takes the SAT once or twice. Note what Yale says about "An applicant’s testing history provides useful contextual information to the admissions committee. "</p>
<p>Don’t people feel that super scoring is a way to only present your best scores while hiding your lower ones? Yale doesn’t allow this.</p>
<p>Yeah I was just curious because on my most recent ACT I got a 34 Composite, but my Reading section was abnormally low (31 rather than a 34-36).</p>
<p>I took the ACT three times; once as a sophomore to get a feel for it, with a 30 composite. The next time I studied a little bit, got a 33 composite, and then I tried it one last time to bump it up.</p>
<p>I just hope they don’t look down upon my taking it three times, particularly since I’m hopefully applying through QuestBridge.</p>
<p>Thanks guys.</p>
<p>^3 seems to be the magic number. Anything over that is usually frowned upon.</p>