Anonymous
09/14/2024 12:41
Subject: Superscore on ACT - how or who actually calculates it?
My DC said there was nowhere to put in a composite score for the SAT, only the highest section scores. I just looked at my parent practice account and, at least for the college I added (which is not one DC has started an application for yet, in case this is school specific) and DC was correct…the testing section did not ask for a composite.
Anonymous
09/14/2024 11:52
Subject: Superscore on ACT - how or who actually calculates it?
Alternatively, you can leave the self-reporting section of the Common App empty and pay to send a superscore report to each college.
Anonymous
09/14/2024 11:27
Subject: Re:Superscore on ACT - how or who actually calculates it?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
You do NOT put the superscore composite. It has to be highest composite in a single sitting on common app.
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.
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.
A school like Georgetown wants to see all scores, test dates reported. Schools who accept - super scoring - do not.
Self report your best composite super score. Official score reports are not required until/ unless you get accepted and choose to go there.
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 with the test date. Colleges that superscore will perform the superscoring calculation themselves.
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.
+2 You do not self report a superscore composite.
Anonymous
09/14/2024 11:13
Subject: Re:Superscore on ACT - how or who actually calculates it?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
You do NOT put the superscore composite. It has to be highest composite in a single sitting on common app.
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.
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.
A school like Georgetown wants to see all scores, test dates reported. Schools who accept - super scoring - do not.
Self report your best composite super score. Official score reports are not required until/ unless you get accepted and choose to go there.
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 with the test date. Colleges that superscore will perform the superscoring calculation themselves.
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.
Anonymous
09/14/2024 11:10
Subject: Re:Superscore on ACT - how or who actually calculates it?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
You do NOT put the superscore composite. It has to be highest composite in a single sitting on common app.
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.
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.
A school like Georgetown wants to see all scores, test dates reported. Schools who accept - super scoring - do not.
Self report your best composite super score. Official score reports are not required until/ unless you get accepted and choose to go there.
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 with the test date. Colleges that superscore will perform the superscoring calculation themselves.
Anonymous
09/14/2024 10:45
Subject: Re:Superscore on ACT - how or who actually calculates it?
The common app asks for a highest composite in a SINGLE sitting.
Then below that you report highest score for each section with the date.
Note: the reported composite may be lower than the average with the 4 scores reported below it. The schools recalculate. The schools do look at single a sections too.
Then below that you report highest score for each section with the date.
Note: the reported composite may be lower than the average with the 4 scores reported below it. The schools recalculate. The schools do look at single a sections too.
Anonymous
09/14/2024 10:45
Subject: Re:Superscore on ACT - how or who actually calculates it?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
You do NOT put the superscore composite. It has to be highest composite in a single sitting on common app.
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.
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.
A school like Georgetown wants to see all scores, test dates reported. Schools who accept - super scoring - do not.
Self report your best composite super score. Official score reports are not required until/ unless you get accepted and choose to go there.
Anonymous
09/14/2024 10:42
Subject: Re:Superscore on ACT - how or who actually calculates it?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
You do NOT put the superscore composite. It has to be highest composite in a single sitting on common app.
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.
NO!!!!! The box asks for highest composite in one single sitting.
You put the highest score with date for the composite and 4 sections. You do not put the highest composite as a result of superscore!
Anonymous
09/14/2024 10:14
Subject: Superscore on ACT - how or who actually calculates it?
Anonymous wrote:My son has a 32 ACT composite score (twice on two different sittings). His superscore is a 33. The common app has a place to self report composite score and then highest section scores. There doesn't seem to be anywhere in the common app to put the calculated superscore. Are admissions officers actually calculating the super score (i.e., doing the math?). The schools he's applying to don't require the the official score from ACT be sent. So trying to understand who or what would actually calculate his super score. And is the reality that the schools will look at his composite score and that's it. Realize we're talking about 1 point but he's wondering.
Admissions officers aren't doing the math. The admission office's computer system does the math. If the college superscores ACT, don't worry, they'll be looking at the superscore in their review of the admissions file (which is all on computer).
Anonymous
09/14/2024 10:11
Subject: Re:Superscore on ACT - how or who actually calculates it?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
You do NOT put the superscore composite. It has to be highest composite in a single sitting on common app.
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.
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.
Anonymous
09/14/2024 09:33
Subject: Superscore on ACT - how or who actually calculates it?
^ pardon typos, I promise this is correct and it was super cringey having to send those emails even though it was only a point difference. Thankfully only a couple EA schools before caught.
Anonymous
09/14/2024 09:25
Subject: Superscore on ACT - how or who actually calculates it?
The common app asks for the highest composite and section scores, you do not put the superscore there. One of mine made that made that mistake and had to send emails to correct. Once common app is submitted you’ll see scores in the individual colleges’s own portal. That is where the superscore will show if they do it.
Anonymous
09/14/2024 09:20
Subject: Re:Superscore on ACT - how or who actually calculates it?
Anonymous wrote: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.
You do NOT put the superscore composite. It has to be highest composite in a single sitting on common app.
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.
Anonymous
09/14/2024 09:02
Subject: Re:Superscore on ACT - how or who actually calculates it?
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.
You do NOT put the superscore composite. It has to be highest composite in a single sitting on common app.
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.
You do NOT put the superscore composite. It has to be highest composite in a single sitting on common app.
Anonymous
09/14/2024 08:59
Subject: Superscore on ACT - how or who actually calculates it?
My son has a 32 ACT composite score (twice on two different sittings). His superscore is a 33. The common app has a place to self report composite score and then highest section scores. There doesn't seem to be anywhere in the common app to put the calculated superscore. Are admissions officers actually calculating the super score (i.e., doing the math?). The schools he's applying to don't require the the official score from ACT be sent. So trying to understand who or what would actually calculate his super score. And is the reality that the schools will look at his composite score and that's it. Realize we're talking about 1 point but he's wondering.