Sat Scores
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October 23rd, 2008
Collegeboard unveils the October 2008 SAT results on its website. Most scores results are now available for the October SAT Reasoning Test and SAT Subject Tests.
However, a small percentage of scores are not yet available. If your SAT scores aren’t online, check again on Friday, October 31.
SAT Results and scores from the October and November SAT administrations are sent by two-day priority delivery to colleges for Early Decision/Early Action (ED/EA) program consideration. Most colleges accept October and November scores for ED/EA programs. You need to check with specific colleges to understand when SAT scores need to be received to meet application deadlines. Additional score release dates will be provided in late summer.
SAT scores are just one of many criteria used by colleges to make admissions decisions. Nevertheless, their importance shouldn’t be underestimated. As much as admissions officers say they take an open-minded and holistic approach to their decisions, SAT scores can make or break an application. And let’s face it — it’s easier to compare numerical data than it is to decide whether a semester in France should be ranked higher than a state soccer championship.
Also, schools usually make their SAT data public, and they know that their reputations depend upon high numbers. A college won’t be considered “highly selective” or “elite” if its students have an average SAT math score of 470.
So what is a good SAT score? The exam consists of three parts: Critical Reading, Mathematics and Writing. The scores from each section can range from 200 to 800, so the best possible total score is 2400. The average score for each section is roughly 500, so the average total score is about 1500.
Very few students get a perfect SAT score, even those at the country’s top colleges. The list below shows the middle range of SAT scores for different schools. The middle 50% of admitted students fell within these numbers. Keep in mind that 25% of students who were admitted scored below the lower numbers listed here.
Finally, you’ll see that some of the school profiles include the critical reading and math scores, but not the writing scores. This is because the writing part of the exam is still new, and many schools do not yet use it in their admissions decisions. We’re likely to see that change in the next couple years as colleges figure out the relationship between the writing score and academic success.
Auburn (Main Campus)
* Critical Reading: 500 - 610
* Mathematics: 520 - 630
Carleton
* Critical Reading: 670 - 750
* Mathematics: 660 - 740
* Writing: 640 - 740
Duke
* Critical Reading: 690 - 770
* Mathematics: 690 - 790
* Writing: 680 - 780
* Critical Reading: 690 - 800
* Mathematics: 700 - 790
* Writing: 690 - 780
MIT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* Critical Reading: 660 - 760
* Mathematics: 720 - 800
* Writing: 660 - 750
Middlebury
* Critical Reading: 630 - 740
* Mathematics: 640 - 740
* Writing: 630 - 740
Pomona
* Critical Reading: 690 - 760
* Mathematics: 680 - 760
* Writing: 680 - 760
Stanford
* Critical Reading: 660 - 760
* Mathematics: 680 - 780
* Writing: 670 - 770
UCLA
* Critical Reading: 570 - 680
* Mathematics: 610 - 720
* Writing: 580 - 690
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