College Confidential - View Single Post - Honestly, though, is the ACT weighed the same as the SAT?

Ray192 · 07-04-2009, 01:33 PM

For one thing, to superscore the ACT you have to ask the applicant to send every single ACT score, and each score is sent individually, with a $9 charge.

Say you take the ACT 3 times. If every college asked for all ACT scores, that amounts to $27. Then consider you send scores to about 8 schools. $216. As opposed to $76 compared to the SAT.

It's practical to superscore SAT because all the scores are sent in one report. It's not practical to superscore ACT because you have to sort multiple score reports, and you have to tell people to spend more money on just sending scores. It's stupid.

07-04-2009, 01:33 PM	#12
Ray192 Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,709	For one thing, to superscore the ACT you have to ask the applicant to send every single ACT score, and each score is sent individually, with a $9 charge. Say you take the ACT 3 times. If every college asked for all ACT scores, that amounts to $27. Then consider you send scores to about 8 schools. $216. As opposed to $76 compared to the SAT. It's practical to superscore SAT because all the scores are sent in one report. It's not practical to superscore ACT because you have to sort multiple score reports, and you have to tell people to spend more money on just sending scores. It's stupid.
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