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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
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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