Do highly selective colleges look at individual ACT scores

Mwfan1921
Tue, 19 Feb 2019 17:56:19 +0000

He is going to take the SAT in April. His teacher is asking him to take it easy (other than taking the test) as his focus has been on ACT only.

You said your S is targeting selective schools. I assume you live in Illinois and are referring to the state mandated SAT. S will have to study for the SAT if he is looking at any of the schools that require an applicant to submit ALL test scores.

We haven’t submitted any of the scores to the schools yet.

When it does come time to apply, make sure you understand the testing requirements for each school. Whether a school superscores or not will also help determine which score(s) to send.

Many schools now allow self-reporting of test scores…meaning you don’t have to pay to send official test scores at application time. Your S will likely have to send official scores to whatever school he decides to attend.