What does “Superscore” mean? “Superscoring” is fairly new but involves the  admissions department taking different sections of either the SAT test or the ACT test and counting the best individual sections from each test while reviewing a student’s college application, rather than just looking at one individual test date’s score.  It’s to a school’s advantage to super score because then it can report higher SAT scores of its admitted students to make the institution appear more exclusive. The SAT: Therefore, if you took the SAT on three different test dates, such as March, May, and June, the colleges will mix and match your best sections. Superscoring example

• March SAT Test Scores:  580 (critical reading), 480 (math), 640 (writing)
• May SAT Test Scores: 540 (critical reading), 580 (math), and 600 (writing)
• October SAT Test Scores: 640 (critical reading), 550 (math), and 620 (writing)

So in the above example you would need to submit all three tests to the school.  The admissions office would then “Superscore” or take the best sections from each test date.  Therefore, your “Superscore” would be a 640 (critical reading from October), 580 (math from May), and 640 (writing from March), making your “Superscore” an 1860/2400.  The ACT: Traditionally colleges and universities have not “Superscored” the ACT during the admissions process.  There is no definitive reason as to why.