SAT Scores of Students Admitted to Top Schools

(per U.S. News & World Report 1998 Directory of Colleges & Universities)

Rank

per US

Alumni

% of

News&World

SAT - 25th

SAT - 75th

Avg. of SAT

Acceptance

giving

classes

Name

Report

percentile

percentile

percentiles

rate

rate

under 20

1. Harvard

1

1390

1580

1485

11%

46%

71%

2. Princeton

2

1350

1550

1450

12%

65%

68%

3. Duke

3

1290

1480

1385

31%

39%

68%

3. Yale

3

1360

1550

1455

18%

49%

74%

5. Stanford

5

1310

1520

1415

16%

33%

66%

9. Columbia

9

1280

1480

1380

21%

31%

61%

9. Emory

9

1250

1430

1340

44%

31%

71%

14. Cornell

14

1240

1430

1335

33%

27%

48%

19. Vanderbilt

19

1200

1380

1290

60%

32%

68%

21. Georgetown

21

1230

1430

1330

23%

28%

53%

23. UC Berkeley

23

1180

1430

1305

36%

14%

50%

28. UCLA

28

1130

1360

1245

39%

15%

39%

33. UC San Diego

33

1120

1340

1230

50%

11%

49%

40. Syracuse

40

1070

1270

1170

65%

21%

64%

41. UC Irvine

41

970

1240

1105

71%

7%

39%

41. USC

41

1050

1310

1180

72%

20%

50%

47. UCSB

47

1020

1220

1120

78%

11%

49%

U Conn

not ranked

1000

1210

1105

67%

17%

47%

Fla. State

not ranked

1020

1220

1120

74%

16%

49%

Pepperdine

not ranked

1050

1265

1158

79%

16%

66%

Arizona

not ranked

980

1220

1100

83%

8%

40%

Ariz. State

not ranked

970

1200

1085

78%

5%

28%

Oregon St.

not ranked

960

1190

1075

89%

27%

31%

N. Texas

not ranked

930

1200

1065

76%

5%

18%

Cal. St. Fullerton

not ranked

830

1070

950

83%

N/A

29%