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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
Knox College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
La Roche University
No
Yes
La Salle University
No
Yes
Lafayette College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Lake Erie College
No
Yes
Lake Forest College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Lawrence Technological University
No
Yes
Lawrence University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Le Moyne College
No
Yes
Lebanon Valley College
No
Yes
Lehigh University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Lewis & Clark College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Lincoln Memorial University
No
Yes
Lincoln University (MO)
No
Yes
Lipscomb University
No
No
Score choice OK
Long Island University
No
Yes
Louisiana State University—Baton Rouge
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Loyola Marymount University
Yes
No
Score choice OK
Loyola University Chicago
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Loyola University Maryland
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Luther College
Yes
No
Score choice OK
Lycoming College
No
Yes
Lynn University
No
Yes
Macalester College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Manhattanville University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Marian University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Marist College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Marquette University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Marshall University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Mary Baldwin University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yes
Yes
Requires All Scores
McMurry University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Menlo College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Mercer University
Yes
Yes
Recommends All Scores
Meredith College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Merrimack College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Messiah University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Miami University—Oxford
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Michigan State University
No
No
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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