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re: ACT “super-score”...Is this fair or a good idea?
Posted on 4/3/19 at 9:28 am to TigerGman
Posted on 4/3/19 at 9:28 am to TigerGman
When you take the ACT you receive a score for each section, Math, Science, Reading and English. These scores are calculated together to give you your total score for that test.
A "super-score" comes in when you take the ACT multiple times, and uses your highest scores from each section across all the tests you took in order to give you your total score for the ACT. As an example, if you tanked Math the first time you took the test, you can focus on Math for the second test and then use your (hopefully) higher Match score to raise your original overall test score.
Edit: I somehow missed a whole page of this thread. I need some coffee.
A "super-score" comes in when you take the ACT multiple times, and uses your highest scores from each section across all the tests you took in order to give you your total score for the ACT. As an example, if you tanked Math the first time you took the test, you can focus on Math for the second test and then use your (hopefully) higher Match score to raise your original overall test score.
Edit: I somehow missed a whole page of this thread. I need some coffee.
This post was edited on 4/3/19 at 9:29 am
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Posted on 4/3/19 at 9:30 am to jac1280
I think a kid should get the benefit of the highest score he or she is able to get on each section of the test. Is it better that a kid can do well under timed circumstances or better that a kid understands and does well with the material regardless of time constraints? I believe the former.
Posted on 4/3/19 at 9:56 am to LSUnatick
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I scored a 31 on the ACT first attempt and my kid scored a 33.
33 is for janitors and welders.
Posted on 4/3/19 at 9:57 am to saint tiger225
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3 drew the short stick.
And she's not ugly. I'd go all John Nash here and let you shortdicks fight over one and two while three and I take a long ride to Poundtown.
Posted on 4/3/19 at 9:59 am to jac1280
This used to be the case back in the day though the ACT itself didn't compute this "super score", but schools themselves did. I used to teach ACT classes and this was the case then. I don't think it's as big a deal as you think. I assume schools will still see all their scores and if you are obviously only taking one section at a time, a lot of schools will not look favorably on that vs someone who got basically the same score on one shot.
Posted on 4/3/19 at 10:04 am to biglego
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Oh yeah? Well my kid got a 37 the first time and a 43 the second time.
Oh yeah? Well my dad can beat up your dad
Posted on 4/3/19 at 10:08 am to Sun God
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What the frick is a super score
From multiple takes, they take your top score in each category for a combined "super score".
Posted on 4/3/19 at 10:29 am to Jor Jor The Dinosaur
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Oh yeah? Well my dad can beat up your dad
Slow down there, Skippy.
I'm not kicking my own arse.
Posted on 4/3/19 at 10:54 am to TigerstuckinMS
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This post was edited on 2/8/25 at 8:24 am
Posted on 4/3/19 at 11:00 am to ApexTiger
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College counselor said."if he already has a B on his transcript, he's disqualified from getting into Duke"
Unless he can post up or hit 3's with consistency. They might buy you a new house that way.
Posted on 4/3/19 at 11:03 am to jac1280
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I would argue no since it enables students to focus solely on one category each time they take the ACT. I feel that a huge challenge about the ACT is staying mentally focused for the entire 4-5 hours while taking the entire ACT. This super score crap greatly waters down a main challenge of the ACT.
Athletic departments already do this to get kids eligible with the NCAA. It's up to the school if they want to allow kids that wouldn't normally be admitted as a non-athlete but getting them eligible is easy with the super score.
Posted on 4/3/19 at 11:04 am to jac1280
I would say yes, but you have to average the scores from each test per section, rather than take the highest from each.
The ACTs I've seen are not standard. One may weigh heavy in chemistry or biology, the next physics.
The ACTs I've seen are not standard. One may weigh heavy in chemistry or biology, the next physics.
Posted on 4/3/19 at 11:15 am to TigerstuckinMS
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I scored a 31 on the ACT first attempt and my kid scored a 33.
a 28 is very very very good. It places you in the top 88th percentile nationally out of the 2 million students taking the ACT this year.
ACT national average is 20.8
Posted on 4/3/19 at 11:16 am to keks tadpole
They did this at Troy. At least back in the day. I had a high enough score to get a tuition scholarship. They actually suggested I take it again because they only did it with 3 tests. I took it my junior year and again my senior year. They said if I had a third they would then compute the average. I nailed the math and science versions. Did well on reading. My English score I topped out around 26. If I had it another point or two higher it would have been a full ride. Worth a few hours and a $20 test to get that scholarship.
Posted on 4/3/19 at 11:31 am to lnomm34
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I get you’re making a lame joke about being the other poster’s father. But. . .you're also somehow your own dad?
He was responding to another poster.
I'm both of their dads. I'm prolific. Try to keep up.
Posted on 4/3/19 at 11:40 am to TigerstuckinMS
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This post was edited on 2/8/25 at 8:24 am
Posted on 4/3/19 at 11:40 am to TigerstuckinMS
My daughter took it 3 times from 9th grade to end of her junior year. Her highest single score was 30 but with the super score that some schools she applied to used she had 32. Saved me some money by increased scholarship money so I like it.
Posted on 4/3/19 at 11:41 am to Martini
2,1,3
Posted on 4/3/19 at 11:43 am to lnomm34
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I’m trying! Lack of sleep is killing me.
Drink more, then.
Posted on 4/3/19 at 12:14 pm to TU Rob
This argument is pointless because if a school accepts one kid's superscore, they accept everyone's superscore. It would likely bump up everyone's scores slightly. It just makes it so that the college can report higher average scores. It shouldn't greatly affect the standings of the entering students.
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