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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He will need to send an official ACT score at time he accepts

Yes. They do recalculate and they look at highest individual scores.  So if a humanities major is lower in math- but perfect 36 in English and reading that’s good.

[b]You do NOT put the superscore composite[/b]. It has to be highest composite in a single sitting on common app. [/quote]

If colleges super score, of course one would self report a composite ACT super score!

Super score it on ACT website via its calculator. Then self report that on the common app. If your kid ends up going to that school, the official super score will match up.[/quote]
As a PP explained, no, you do not write a superscore for ACT composite. You follow Common App's instructions. Note that you must write the test date - a superscore would have multiple test dates.

OP, the college does the superscoring themselves, in their system.[/quote]

A school like Georgetown wants to see all scores, test dates reported. Schools who accept - super scoring - do not.

[b]Self report your best composite super score[/b]. Official score reports are not required until/ unless you get accepted and choose to go there.[/quote]
A note about Georgetown: it is unique in its all-scores requirement, does not use Common App, and does not accept self-reported scores; there isn't a way to report them in the Georgetown application. Georgetown applicants can only report scores by sending official reports at the time of application.

The bolded is not correct - you do not self-report a superscore in Common App. You report your highest single-sitting composite [i]with the test date[/i]. Colleges that superscore will perform the superscoring calculation themselves.[/quote]
Forgot to add, in case it isn't clear, in Common App you report each of your highest section scores with test dates as well as highest single-sitting composite. The highest section scores reported there is how admission office computer systems easily calculate the superscore.[/quote]

+2 You do not self report a superscore composite. [/quote]

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