[Aim High Column] Georgia University SAT/ACT Superscore Policies

Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech has indicated that it considers your highest section scores across all SAT test dates that you submit. Only your highest section scores will be considered as part of the final admissions decision. Each time you submit scores, Georgia Tech will update your record with any new high scores. It strongly encourages you to submit your scores each time you take the SAT. Sending your scores each time you take the SAT can benefit you by allowing Georgia Tech to consider you for all available enrollment-related opportunities.
http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/sat-score-use-practices-list.pdf
Georgia Tech also considers your best SAT and ACT results. Although the results aren’t actually combined, Georgia Tech considers only the highest scores you receive on a given section of either the ACT or SAT. One important part of GA Tech’s superscore policy, however, is that, when superscoring, it does NOT include ACT Reading or Science subscores. If you superscore with both SAT and ACT results, GA Tech will consider only your SAT Reading score. As for Math and Writing, GA Tech will consider either your ACT or SAT results.
http://admission.gatech.edu/apply/freshman-application/standardized-test-scores

Emory

Emory University’s SAT superscoring policy is the same as Georgia Tech’s. For purposes of ranking your SAT scores against your competition, Emory will only look at your highest section scores across however many tests you took and submitted. So, for instance, you could get a 700 on Math the first time you take the SAT, a 650 on Writing the second time you take it, and a 700 on Reading the final time you take it. The SAT score Emory will report on your application will simply be a 2050, regardless of your performance on the other sections across those 3 tests.
http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/sat-score-use-practices-list.pdf
Emory’s policy for considering ACT scores is not as generous as GA Tech’s. Emory does not pick and choose from your best section scores on the SAT and ACT. Emory’s policy for the ACT is to consider only your highest single test score. In other words, Emory does superscore your SAT results, but when it comes to the ACT, you have to do well on all 4 main sections of the test in one sitting. So, for instance, if you take the ACT three times and get a 24, 28, and 32, Emory will report your ACT as a 32 and disregard the two lower scores.
http://apply.emory.edu/apply/exam.php

University of Georgia Athens (UGA)

For the SAT, UGA has the same superscoring policy as Emory and GA Tech. UGA will “cherry-pick” only your best sectional performances across however many SATs you take and submt. All other sectional scores will be disregarding for purposes of ranking your application against those of your competition.
http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/sat-score-use-practices-list.pdf
For the ACT, UGA does not superscore across SAT and ACT test results. It superscores your SAT and ACT results independently. However, UGA’s policy on ACT superscoring is more forgiving than Emory’s. UGA considers only your highest sectional scores across however many ACTs you take, meaning that all of your high scores do not necessarily have to come from a single ACT. In short, UGA superscores the ACT the same way it superscores the SAT. It just does not mix and match between SAT and ACT scores.
https://www.admissions.uga.edu/article/first-year-admission-criteria.html