<p>Does anyone know why schools will superscore the SAT but not the ACT?</p>
<p>Superscore? Please explain</p>
<p>Superscoring is taking the highest component of each SAT/ACT from any given test session to get the highest total SAT/ACT. Example - in March you score 700 CR, 800 M, 600 W for a total of 2100. In May you score 750 CR, 700 M and 700 W for a total of 2150. Your highest component of all SATs you took is 750 CR (May); 800 M (March) and 700 W (May) for a total superscore of 2250 or 100 points higher than your highest "single session" SAT.</p>
<p>WUSTL does superscore the ACT. Most other top tier schools do not. It may be a function of the ACT being relatively new for many Eastern schools. When I applied there was no such thing as a superscore and it was believed that schools automatically deducted points from a second or (heaven forbid) a third SAT score.</p>
<p>b/c your act scores are not on the same score reports since u can choose which one u want to send.</p>
<p>Do all schools do this? New Ivy League and traditional Ivy league included? Or does it look bad if you bombed the first time around but did great the second time?</p>
<p>Ivy league schools take your best section regardless of when you took it.</p>
<p>b/c ACT is an average not a sum, which makes it hard to superscore. Also, it is the con of being able to choose which scores to send.</p>