SAT distribution for top colleges--see how they hoover up the top scorers, leaving crumbs for the rest
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The consensus is that at between 1% to 1.5% of all test takers, including super scorers, score above 1530. There were approximately 1.97 million test takers according to the college board. 19,700 to 29,500 SAT takers scored above 1530.
Data is based mostly on 2024-2025. SAT above 1530: Harvard: 54% submitted an SAT (892 students). 65% scored above 1530. 580 students Yale: 61% submitted an SAT (950 students). 50% scored above 1530. 475 students Princeton: 56% submitted an SAT (783 students). 50% scored above 1530. 391 students Columbia: Those applying to Columbia know why it isn't here Brown: 61% submitted an SAT (1,046 students). 40% scored above a 1530. 418 students Cornell: 44.9% submitted an SAT (1,583 students). 35% scored above a 1530. 554 students Dartmouth: (2020 data) Dartmouth as you know started to hid its SAT scores post-covid. 57% submitted an SAT. 682 students. 30% score above a 1530. 204 students UPenn: 50% submitted an SAT. 1,204 students. 80% scored above a 1530. 963 students. MIT: 83% submitted an SAT. 918 students. 65% scored above 1530. 596 students Stanford: 50% submitted an SAT. 857 students. 60% scored above a 1530. 514 students Caltech: Pre-covid: 79% submitted an SAT. 186 students 75% scored above a 1530. 140 students. Duke: 47% submitted an SAT. 824 students. 65% scored above a 1530. 535 students Rice: 48% submitted an SAT score. 546 students. 60% scored above a 1530. 262 students. Northwestern: 46% submitted an SAT score. 963 students. 55% scored above a 1530. 529 students. Georgetown: 78% submitted an SAT score. 1232 students. 30% scored above a 1530. 369 students. Notre Dame: 684 submitted an SAT score. 30% scored above a 1530. 205 students. Vanderbilt: 27% submitted an SAT score. 447 students. 60% scored above a 1530. 268 students. Emory: 43% submitted an SAT score. 623 students. 30% scored above a 1530. 186 students. WashU: 29% submitted an SAT score. 538 students. 60% scored above a 1530. 322 students. Johns Hopkins 50% submitted an SAT score. 691 students. 75% scored above a 1530. 518 students NYU: 28% submitted an SAT score. 1598 students. 35% scored above a 1530. 559 students. Georgia Tech: 77% submitted an SAT score. 2,966 students. 25% scored above a 1530. 741 students. USC: 30% submitted an SAT score. 1044 students. 55% scored above a 1530. 574 students. Illinois: 41% submitted an SAT score. 3,719 students. 15% scored above a 1530. 550 students. UMichigan: 51% submitted an SAT score. 3,697 students. 25% scored above a 1530. 924 students. Tufts: 38% submitted an SAT score. 687 students. 30% scored above a 1530. 206 students Northeastern: 24% submitted an SAT score. 653 students. 20% scored above a 1530. 130 students Boston University: 33% submitted an SAT score. 1,093 students. 25% scored above a 1530. 273 students Boston College: 28% submitted an SAT score. 662 students. 20% scored above a 1530. 132 students. Univ of Washington: 1,069 submitted an SAT score. 10% scored above 1530. 106 students UVA: 45% submitted an SAT score. 1,805 students. 15% scored above a 1530. 270 students. UNC: 28% submitted an SAT score. 1,320 students. 25% scored above a 1530. 330 students. Williams College: 35% submitted an SAT score. 190 students. 55% scored above a 1530. 104 students. Amherst College. 39% submitted an SAT score. 187 students. 55% scored above a 1530. 103 students Pomona, Harvey Mudd, Claremont-McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps: Average about 50-75 students each who score above 1530. Purdue's SAT 75% is only 1470, but 9000 submitted an SAT. I estimate that at least 500 students there have an SAT above 1530. 200-250 total. This figure doesn't include those SAT scorers above 1530 who enroll at UC Berkeley or UCLA. Pre-covid, combined they had about 2,500 SAT scorers above 1530. Chances are very good that if you scored above 1530 on an SAT you are attending one of these colleges. |
Anonymous
| My 1540 SAT DC is attending one of the above and was accepted to 6 others on the list . . . |
Anonymous
| I have a kid that brought down the average at several of these schools. |
Anonymous
| Where is this data from? My 1560 SAT kid attends University of Chicago. |
Anonymous
| OP, Where did you get these stats? |
Anonymous
| My kid scored a 1520- attending one of those schools, waitlisted at three others on that list. |
Anonymous
What is the percentage? |
Anonymous
| My 1570 single sitting scorer didn’t apply to any of these schools. I’m sure she isn’t the only one. |
Anonymous
80% of 1560+ end up at one of T20. The chance is even higher if taking out some who never apply to T20 like PP. |
Anonymous
| Is this a superscore or single test? |
Anonymous
| Do the above figures include 1530, or is 1530 not included? |
Anonymous
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The CB figures on number over 1530 or 15whatever does not include superscorers.
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Anonymous
| Are we supposed to be sad or surprised about this? Top students go to top schools, duh. |
Anonymous
The first sentence of the post says superscored. |
Anonymous
| This was a reddit post (or some version of). Most of this data is available on the CDS. |