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Who Takes the SAT and ACT SuperScores?

Mastering Your Test Scores: Understanding Superscoring and Score Choice

When applying to college, you want to present the strongest possible version of your academic profile. Standardized testing can be stressful, but two key policies—Superscoring and Score Choice—are designed to work in your favor by highlighting your best performances across multiple test dates.

The table below provides a comprehensive look at the current policies for popular institutions, helping you strategize which scores to send and when to consider a retake.

Key Terms to Know

  • Superscoring: This is a student-friendly practice where colleges take your highest section scores from different test sittings to create a new, higher total score. For example, if your Math score was higher in March but your Reading score peaked in June, the college will combine those top marks.

  • Score Choice: This policy, offered by the College Board and ACT, allows you to choose which specific test dates you send to colleges. However, individual colleges have the final say on whether they allow this or require you to submit every score on your record.

  • Require All Scores: Some selective institutions explicitly ask to see your entire testing history to view your progress over time.

  • Recommend All Scores: These schools suggest sending everything so their admissions team can ensure they are giving you the highest possible superscore.

Using the Database

  • Testing policies are currently in a state of flux, with many schools maintaining temporary "Test Optional" status for the 2025–2026 cycle. While we keep this list updated, always verify specific requirements on the official admissions website of your target schools before submitting your application.

  • To find your school, use Command/Cntrl+F in your browser.

School
Superscore SAT
Superscore ACT
Score Choice
Abilene Christian University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Adelphi University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Agnes Scott College
Yes
No
Score choice OK
Albion College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Albright College
Yes
Yes
Allegheny College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
American University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Amherst College
Yes
Yes
Recommends All Scores
Appalachian State University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Arizona State University—Tempe
No
No
Score choice OK
Auburn University
Yes
Yes
Recommends All Scores
Auburn University at Montgomery
No
Yes
Augustana College
No
No
Score choice OK
Austin College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Averett University
Yes
Yes
Babson College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Baldwin Wallace University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Bard College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Barnard College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Barry University
Yes
Yes
Bates College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Baylor University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Belhaven University
Yes
Yes
Bellarmine University
Yes*
Yes
Beloit College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Bennington College
Yes
Yes*
Score choice OK
Bentley University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Berea College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Berry College
Yes
No
Score choice OK
Binghamton University—SUNY
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Biola University
Yes
No
Score choice OK
Bloomfield College
Yes
Yes
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania
No
Yes
Boston College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Boston University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Bowdoin College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Bowling Green State University
No
Yes
Bradley University
No
No
Score choice OK
Brandeis University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Brenau University
No
Yes

* Not Quite A Superscore

Not every college follows a black-and-white approach to score evaluation. Some institutions utilize a "hybrid" or "weak" superscoring model that sits between a strict highest-sitting policy and a traditional superscore. These schools say they review your highest sub-scores across your applications but they do not mathematically combine them from different test dates to generate a new, official composite score. In reality, this is usually not a big deal.

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