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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
Michigan Technological University
No
No
Score choice OK
Middlebury College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Millersville University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Millsaps College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Milwaukee School of Engineering
No
No
Score choice OK
Mississippi State University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Missouri University of Science & Technology
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Morehouse College
Yes
No
Score choice OK
Mount Holyoke College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Muhlenberg College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
New College of Florida
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
New School
No
No
Score choice OK
New York University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
North Carolina State University—Raleigh
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Northeastern University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Northwestern University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Oberlin College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Occidental College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Ohio State University—Columbus
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Ohio University
Yes
No
Score choice OK
Ohio Wesleyan University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Oklahoma State University
No
Yes
Score choice OK
Oregon State University
No
No
Score choice OK
Pacific Lutheran University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Pennsylvania State University—University Park
No
No
Score choice OK
Pepperdine University
Yes
No
Score choice OK
Pitzer College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Point Loma Nazarene University
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Pomona College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Pratt Institute
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Presbyterian College (SC)
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Princeton University
Yes
No
Score choice OK
Providence College
Yes
Yes*
Score choice OK
Purdue University—West Lafayette
Yes*
Yes*
Score choice OK
Queens University of Charlotte
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Quinnipiac University
Yes
No
Score choice OK
Randolph-Macon College
Yes
Yes
Score choice OK
Reed College
Yes
No
Score choice OK
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Yes
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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