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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
Bridgewater College
No
Yes
Brigham Young University—Provo
No
No
Score choice OK
Brown University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Bryant University
No
Yes
Bryn Mawr College
Yes
No
Score choice OK
Bucknell University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Butler University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
CUNY—Baruch College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
California Institute of Technology
Yes
Yes*
Score choice OK
California Lutheran University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
California Polytechnic State University
Yes*
Yes
Campbell University
No
Yes
Carleton College
Yes
No
Requires All Scores
Carnegie Mellon University
Yes
No
Score choice OK
Carroll College
No
No
Score choice OK
Carson-Newman University
Yes
Yes
Case Western Reserve University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Cedar Crest College
Yes
Yes
Cedarville University
Yes
Yes
Central Connecticut State University
No
Yes
Centre College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Chaminade University of Honolulu
No
Yes
Chapman University
Yes
No
Score choice OK
Christendom College
Yes
Yes
Christopher Newport University
Yes
No
Score choice OK
City College of New York (CUNY)
Yes*
Yes
Claremont McKenna College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Clark University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Clarkson University
No
No
Score choice OK
Clemson University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Coastal Carolina University
No
Yes
Coe College
No
No
Score choice OK
Colby College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Colgate University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
College of Charleston
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
College of New Jersey
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
College of St. Benedict
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
College of William and Mary
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
College of Wooster
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
College of the Atlantic
No
Yes
College of the Holy Cross
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Colorado College
Yes
No
Score choice OK
Colorado School of Mines
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Colorado State University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Columbia University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Concordia College—Moorhead
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Connecticut College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Cooper Union
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Cornell College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Cornell University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Covenant College
No
Yes
Creighton University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Culver-Stockton College
Yes
Yes
Dakota State University
No
Yes
Dallas Baptist University
Yes*
Yes
Dartmouth College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Davidson College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
DePaul University
No
No
Score choice OK
DePauw University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
DeSales University
No
Yes
Dean College
No
Yes
Denison University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Dickinson College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Drake University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Drew University
Yes
No
Score choice OK
Drexel University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Drury University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Duke University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Duquesne University
Yes
Yes
Requires All Scores
Earlham College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
East Carolina University
No
Yes
East Texas Baptist University
No
Yes
Eckerd College
No
Yes
Elmhurst College
No
No
Score choice OK
Elmira College
No
Yes
Elon University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Emerson College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Emory University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Endicott College
No
Yes
Fairfield University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Fashion Institute of Technology (SUNY)
No
Yes
Flagler College
No
Yes
Florida Institute of Technology
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Florida International University
No
Yes
Florida Southern College
No
Yes
Florida State University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Fordham University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Fort Lewis College
No
Yes
Framingham State University
No
Yes
Franklin & Marshall College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Franklin College
No
Yes
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
No
Yes
Frostburg State University
No
Yes
Furman University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Gallaudet University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Gannon University
No
Yes
George Mason University
Yes
No
Score choice OK
George Washington University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Georgetown College
Yes*
Yes
Georgetown University
Yes
No
Requires All Scores
Georgia College & State University
No
Yes
Georgia Institute of Technology
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Gettysburg College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Gonzaga University
Yes
Yes
Recommends All Scores
Gordon College
No
Yes
Goshen College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Goucher College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Grinnell College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Grove City College
No
Yes
Guilford College
No
Yes
Gustavus Adolphus College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Hamilton College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Hampden-Sydney College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Hampton University
Yes
No
Score choice OK
Hanover College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Harvard University
Yes*
No
Score choice OK
Harvey Mudd College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Haverford College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Hendrix College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
High Point University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Hillsdale College
No
No
Score choice OK
Hiram College
No
Yes
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Hofstra University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Hollins University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Hood College
No
Yes
Hope College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Howard University
Yes
No
Score choice OK
Huntingdon College
No
Yes
Husson University
No
Yes
Illinois Institute of Technology
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Illinois Wesleyan University
No
No
Score choice OK
Immaculata University
No
Yes
Indiana State University
No
Yes
Indiana University East
No
Yes
Indiana University Northwest
No
Yes
Indiana University South Bend
No
Yes
Indiana University Southeast
No
Yes
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
No
Yes
Indiana University—Bloomington
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Indiana University—Kokomo
No
Yes
Indiana University—Purdue University Indianapolis
No
Yes
Iona University
No
Yes
Iowa State University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Ithaca College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
James Madison University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
John Brown University
No
No
Score choice OK
John Carroll University
No
Yes
Johns Hopkins University
Yes
Yes
Recommends All Scores
Juniata College
No
Yes
Kalamazoo College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Kean University
No
Yes
Keene State College
Yes
Yes
Kennesaw State University
No
Yes
Kenyon College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Kettering University
No
Yes
Keuka College
No
Yes
King University
No
Yes
King's College (PA)
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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