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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The median sat's seem really low. Is it because at lac's such a % are recruited athletes and/or hooked?[/quote]

It's pretty high. Amherst for instance reports 680-780 on each section, which means a quarter of their class gets a 780 or higher on each section. But it is lower than the tippy top universities. LACs tend to be more holistic than universities, so scores aren't that critical. Amherst for instance turns down 75% of students scoring an 800 on SAT Reading, and Pomona around 80% of those with ACTs 34-36, even though its own range is 30-34.

There's a lot of factors at stake. Schools like Pomona and Amherst, with over 55% students of colors and international students, as well as ranking in the top 10 for economic diversity compared to the high stat universities which don't even rank, admit students who have lower scores over unhooked applicants with much higher ones. URMs, first gen and low income college students, students from underrepresented geographic backgrounds, and athletes don't tend to test as highly, though of course there are exceptions.

Caltech, the school with the highest median (2280), doesn't look for these factors to the same extent in its admission process. Asians, who have the highest average SAT of any racial group, make up 40%+ of their student body, compared to 15-20% at Amherst/Pomona. URM numbers are 16% compared to 30% at A/P.  8% of Caltech students are first gen compared to 15-20% at top LACs. In QuestBridge, a low-income application of which both Pomona and Caltech are partners, Pomona enrolls nearly 60-70 Quest students each year compared to 5-10 at Caltech, even though it's only 1.63x bigger. [/quote]

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