<p>My son just received his second set of ACT scores. Overall, he went down one point, but in one area he went up a point from how he did before (from a 33 to 34 in Science). For schools that superscore, will they really consider his overall score to have gone up one point - in other words -they'll keep all his higher scores from the first time and just replace this one higher score in science? Seems a little crazy - not sure if I'm understanding this properly. Thanks so much!</p>
<p>Yes, they will. That’s what superscoring does.</p>
<p>Yes, and some schools will superscore both the ACT and SAT and others will only superscore the SAT. You should check with admissions. I know both WashU and UChicago superscore both tests, but not all colleges do. </p>
<p>don’t forget OP, that the composite is an average of all four scores, rounded. 0.5 gets rounded up. .25 gets rounded down.</p>
<p>Thus, your son’s composite might not change with just an increase of 1 science question.</p>