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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Child had a couple on their list that were clear as mud about this:

[b]UIUC: If you took either test more than once, we'll use your highest sub-scores in our evaluation. However, we don't use your highest sub-scores from different test sittings to create a super-score.  [/b]

UW-Madison: Students including test scores with their application are encouraged to submit all exam scores. It can be a benefit to see your complete testing history as part of our comprehensive review, and since we will only consider your highest score (by test date), there is nothing to be gained by suppressing scores through Score Choice. However, applicants are free to use the College Board’s Score Choice option for the SAT and/or the similar option offered by ACT. Superscores are not considered in our review.[/quote]
This is similar to what GW says, which also seems oddly contradictory:

“Score Consideration
GW will superscore both the SAT and the ACT, which means that the Admissions Committee will consider only the highest critical reading, math, and writing scores you’ve submitted, regardless of test administration. We will not recalculate a new composite score from subsection scores on various dates.“

(Note that GW is test-optional and has been for several years even pre-Covid)

https://undergraduate.admissions.gwu.edu/test-optional
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Example

June SAT: 1500 (790M/ 710RW)
August SAT: 1510 (740M/770 RW)
October SAT: 1530 (770M/760 RW)

GW will take highest scores 790M and 770RW but they accept the highest composite score of 1530 not 1560 (790+770), correct?
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DP. Don't think of this as what they accept, but rather what they consider. We know they consider the highest section scores. We know they don't compute a composite superscore. What is unknown is the extent to which the highest single-sitting composite is a factor in their admission process.[/quote]

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