What Is an SAT Superscore and How Does It Boost Your Application? An SAT superscore is the sum of your highest Math score and your highest Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (EBRW) score from any test dates you submit, and many colleges use that recombined total when they review your application. Superscoring can only help your composite. It never lowers a section score, because the college simply picks your best Math result and your best EBRW result and adds them together. That distinction changes how you should think about retakes. A student who scored 650 Math and 600 EBRW in the fall, then 610 Math and 660 EBRW in the winter, doesn’t have two mediocre attempts on record. Under superscoring, that student has a 1310, built from the best of both sittings. Definition: highest Math + highest EBRW across dates, combined into one composite score. Immediate implication: superscoring can raise your total without ever penalizing a weaker section score from another date. Next step: check each target college’s official testing or application requirements page and plan retakes around the sections that will move the number most. Key Takeaways An SAT superscore combines your best Math and bes