Superscoring
Many in college admission talk about reading applications holistically and supportively; one way they can do this is by “superscoring” standardized tests. This means that if you take the SAT more than once, the admission office will take the highest section score across test administrations and assign you a new, higher total score. For instance, if you scored a 650 EBRW and 670 Math (Total 1320) in March and a 700 EBRW and 650 Math (Total 1350) in May, your superscore would be 700 + 760 = 1370. For the ACT, this process generally takes the form of taking your highest test scores across test administrations, but may not result in a new Composite score because colleges use test scores individually.
Score Choice
The College Board and ACT have adopted policies, generally referred to as “Score Choice,” designed to give students some control over how SAT, Subject Test, and ACT scores are reported. Colleges, however, have the final say over what scores applicants should submit and how those scores will be used. Students should carefully review the score-reporting policy of each college to which they plan to apply.
Require all scores: These colleges explicitly require applicants to submit all test scores.
Recommend all scores: These colleges recommend but do not require that applicants send all test scores. Often these admission offices will create superscores for applicants, and counselors do not want students to inadvertently neglect to send a high section score.
Accept score choice: These colleges will accept whichever scores an applicant elects to submit.
In the table below, you will find the superscore and score choice policies of many popular colleges. We are working to build out this database to include the 360 popular colleges whose ACT Writing and SAT Essay policies, SAT Subject Test policies, and estimated new SAT score ranges we also track.
School
Region
Superscore SAT
Superscore ACT
Score Choice
Abilene Christian University
South
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Agnes Scott College
South
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Allegheny College
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
American University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Amherst College
New England
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Appalachian State University
South
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Auburn University
South
No
No
Accepts score choice
Augustana College
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
Austin College
South
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Babson College
New England
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Baldwin Wallace University
Midwest
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Bard College
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Baylor University
South
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Beloit College
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
Bennington College
New England
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Bentley University
New England
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Berea College
South
Yes
Accepts score choice
Binghamton University, SUNY
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Boston College
New England
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Boston University
New England
Yes
No
Recommends all scores
Bowdoin College
New England
No
Yes
Accepts score choice
Bradley University
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
Brandeis University
New England
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Brigham Young University, Provo
West
No
No
Accepts score choice
Brown University
New England
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Bryn Mawr College
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Bucknell University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Butler University
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
California Lutheran University
West
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
West
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
California State University, Fullerton
West
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
California State University, Monterey Bay
West
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
California State University, Northridge
West
No
No
Accepts score choice
Carleton College
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Carroll College
West
No
No
Recommends all scores
Case Western Reserve University
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Centre College
South
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Chapman University
West
Yes
No
Recommends all scores
Christopher Newport University
South
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Claremont McKenna College
West
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Clark University
New England
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Clarkson University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Clemson University
South
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Coe College
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
Colby College
New England
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Colgate University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
College of Charleston
South
Yes
No
Recommends all scores
College of New Jersey
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
College of St. Benedict
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
College of the Holy Cross
New England
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
College of William and Mary
South
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
College of Wooster
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Colorado College
West
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Colorado School of Mines
West
No
No
Accepts score choice
Colorado State University
West
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Columbia University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Concordia College, Moorhead
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Connecticut College
New England
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Cooper Union
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Cornell College
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Cornell University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Requires all scores
Creighton University
Midwest
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Dartmouth College
New England
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Davidson College
South
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Denison University
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
DePaul University
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
DePauw University
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Dickinson College
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Drake University
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
Drexel University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Recommends all scores
Duke University
South
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Duquesne University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Elmhurst College
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
Elon University
South
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
South
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Emerson College
New England
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Emory University
South
Yes
No
Recommends all scores
Fairfield University
New England
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Florida State University
South
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Fordham University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Franklin and Marshall College
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Furman University
South
Yes
Yes
Gallaudet University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
George Washington University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Georgetown University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Requires all scores
Gettysburg College
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Gonzaga University
West
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Grinnell College
Midwest
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Gustavus Adolphus College
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
Hamilton College
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Hampden-Sydney College
South
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Hampton University
South
Yes
No
Harvard University
New England
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Harvey Mudd College
West
Yes
Yes
Requires all scores
Haverford College
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Hendrix College
South
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
High Point University
South
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Hillsdale College
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
Hope College
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
Humboldt State University
West
Yes
Yes
Requires all scores
Illinois Institute of Technology
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Illinois Wesleyan University
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
Indiana University, Bloomington
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Iowa State University
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
Ithaca College
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
James Madison University
South
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
John Brown University
South
No
No
Accepts score choice
Johns Hopkins University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Recommends all scores
Kalamazoo College
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Kenyon College
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Knox College
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Lafayette College
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Lake Forest College
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Lawrence University
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Lehigh University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Lewis & Clark College
West
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Lipscomb University
South
No
No
Accepts score choice
Loyola University Chicago
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
Loyola University Maryland
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Loyola University New Orleans
South
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Luther College
Midwest
Yes
No
Recommends all scores
Macalester College
Midwest
No
No
Recommends all scores
Marist College
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Marquette University
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New England
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Miami University, Oxford
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Michigan State University
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
Michigan Technological University
Midwest
No
No
Recommends all scores
Middlebury College
New England
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Mills College
West
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Millsaps College
South
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Mississippi State University
South
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Missouri University of Science & Technology
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
Muhlenberg College
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
New College of Florida
South
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
New School
Mid-Atlantic
No
No
Accepts score choice
New York University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
North Carolina State University, Raleigh
South
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Northeastern University
New England
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Northwestern University
Midwest
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Oberlin College
Midwest
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Occidental College
West
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Ohio State University, Columbus
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
Ohio University
Midwest
Yes
No
Recommends all scores
Ohio Wesleyan University
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Oklahoma State University
South
No
No
Recommends all scores
Oregon State University
West
No
No
Recommends all scores
Pacific Lutheran University
West
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Pennsylvania State University, University Park
Mid-Atlantic
No
No
Recommends all scores
Point Loma Nazarene University
West
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Pomona College
West
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Pratt Institute
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Princeton University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Recommends all scores
Providence College
New England
Yes
No
Recommends all scores
Purdue University, West Lafayette
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
Queens University of Charlotte
South
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Quinnipiac University
New England
Yes
No
Recommends all scores
Randolph-Macon College
South
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Reed College
West
Yes
No
Recommends all scores
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Rhodes College
South
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Ripon College
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
Rochester Institute of Technology
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Rollins College
South
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Rutgers - The State University of New Jersey, Newark
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Saint Louis University
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
Samford University
South
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
San Diego State University
West
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
San Francisco State University
West
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Sarah Lawrence College
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Seattle University
West
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Seton Hall University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Simmons College
New England
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Skidmore College
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Smith College
New England
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Southern Methodist University
South
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Southwestern University
South
Yes
No
Recommends all scores
St. John Fisher College
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Accepts score choice
St. John's College Annapolis
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
St. John's University (NY)
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
St. Lawrence University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
St. Mary's College (IN)
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
St. Mary's College of California
West
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Recommends all scores
St. Michael's College
New England
Yes
Yes
St. Olaf College
Midwest
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Stanford University
West
yes
yes
Requires all scores
Stetson University
South
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Stevens Institute of Technology
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Stonehill College
New England
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Stony Brook University, SUNY
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Requires all scores
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
SUNY, Geneseo
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Swarthmore College
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Syracuse University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Requires all scores
Temple University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Texas A&M University, College Station
South
No
No
Accepts score choice
Texas Christian University
South
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Texas Lutheran University
South
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Thomas Aquinas College
West
Yes
Yes
Requires all scores
Transylvania University
South
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Trinity College (Hartford)
New England
No
No
Accepts score choice
Trinity University
South
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Truman State University
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
Tufts University
New England
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Tulane University
South
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Union College (Schenectady, NY)
Mid-Atlantic
No
No
Accepts score choice
United States Coast Guard Academy
New England
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
United States Military Academy
Mid-Atlantic
No
No
Accepts score choice
United States Naval Academy
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
University at Buffalo, SUNY
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
University of Alabama
South
No
No
Accepts score choice
University of Arizona
West
No
No
Accepts score choice
University of Arkansas
South
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
University of California, Irvine
West
No
No
University of California, Merced
West
No
No
Requires all scores
University of California, Riverside
West
No
No
Recommends all scores
University of California, Santa Cruz
West
No
No
Requires all scores
University of Chicago
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
University of Cincinnati
Midwest
No
No
Recommends all scores
University of Colorado, Boulder
West
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
University of Connecticut
New England
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
University of Dallas
South
Yes
No
Recommends all scores
University of Dayton
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
University of Delaware
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Requires all scores
University of Denver
West
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
University of Georgia
South
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
University of Illinois, Chicago
Midwest
No
No
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
University of Iowa
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
University of Kansas
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
University of Kentucky
South
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
New England
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Midwest
No
No
Recommends all scores
University of Missouri
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Midwest
No
No
Accepts score choice
University of New Hampshire
New England
Yes
No
Recommends all scores
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
South
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
University of Notre Dame
Midwest
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
University of Oklahoma
South
No
No
Accepts score choice
University of Oregon
West
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
University of Pennsylvania
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Requires all scores
University of Pittsburgh
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
University of Puget Sound
West
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
University of Redlands
West
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
University of Rochester
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
University of San Diego
West
Yes
No
Recommends all scores
University of San Francisco
West
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
University of South Carolina
South
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
University of South Florida
South
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
University of St. Thomas (MN)
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
University of Tennessee
South
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
University of the Pacific
West
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
University of Tulsa
South
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
University of Utah
West
No
No
Accepts score choice
University of Vermont
New England
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Midwest
No
No
Recommends all scores
Ursinus College
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Valparaiso University
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Vassar College
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Villanova University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Requires all scores
Wabash College
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Washington and Jefferson College
Mid-Atlantic
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Washington and Lee University
South
Yes
Yes
Recommends all scores
Wellesley College
New England
Yes
No
Accepts score choice
Wesleyan University
New England
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Westmont College
West
Yes
Yes
Requires all scores
Wheaton College (IL)
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Whitman College
West
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Whittier College
West
No
No
Accepts score choice
Willamette University
West
Yes
No
Williams College
New England
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Wofford College
South
Yes
Yes
Requires all scores
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
New England
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Xavier University
Midwest
Yes
Yes
Accepts score choice
Yale University
New England
Yes
No
Requires all scores
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