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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
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

* 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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