Duke ACT Superscoring

rmldad
Mon, 25 Jun 2012 07:58:15 +0000

I disagree that everyone would be just as competitive. An applicant who takes the ACT ten times has a far greater potential to “get lucky” on individual sections than someone who only takes it once.

There is clearly a lack of transparency here. Who has the advantage when the applicant pool is considered? Does the adcom prefer someone who takes the test once and gets a solid, but not perfect, score? Or is the applicant who has taken it ten times and has perfect subscores but a lower composite preferred?