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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.  [b]580 students[/b]
Yale: 61% submitted an SAT (950 students). 50% scored above 1530.  [b]475 students[/b]
Princeton: 56% submitted an SAT (783 students). 50% scored above 1530. [b]391 students[/b]
Columbia:  Those applying to Columbia know why it isn't here
Brown: 61% submitted an SAT (1,046 students). 40% scored above a 1530. [b]418 students[/b]
Cornell:  44.9% submitted an SAT (1,583 students). 35% scored above a 1530. [b]554 students[/b]
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. [b]204 students[/b]
UPenn: 50% submitted an SAT. 1,204 students. 80% scored above a 1530.  [b]963 students.[/b]
MIT: 83% submitted an SAT. 918 students. 65% scored above 1530.  [b]596 students[/b]
Stanford: 50% submitted an SAT.  857 students. 60% scored above a 1530. [b]514 students[/b]
Caltech: Pre-covid: 79% submitted an SAT. 186 students 75% scored above a 1530. [b]140 students. [/b]
Duke: 47% submitted an SAT. 824 students. 65% scored above a 1530. [b]535 students[/b]
Rice: 48% submitted an SAT score. 546 students. 60% scored above a 1530. [b]262 students.[/b]
Northwestern: 46% submitted an SAT score. 963 students. 55% scored above a 1530.  [b]529 students.[/b]
Georgetown: 78% submitted an SAT score. 1232 students. 30% scored above a 1530.  [b]369 students.[/b]
Notre Dame: 684 submitted an SAT score. 30% scored above a 1530. [b]205 students.[/b]
Vanderbilt: 27% submitted an SAT score. 447 students. 60% scored above a 1530. [b]268 students.[/b]
Emory: 43% submitted an SAT score. 623 students. 30% scored above a 1530.  [b]186 students.[/b]
WashU: 29% submitted an SAT score. 538 students. 60% scored above a 1530.  [b]322 students.[/b]
Johns Hopkins 50% submitted an SAT score.  691 students.  75% scored above a 1530. [b]518 students[/b]
NYU: 28% submitted an SAT score. 1598 students. 35% scored above a 1530.  [b]559 students.[/b]
Georgia Tech: 77% submitted an SAT score. 2,966 students. 25% scored above a 1530. [b]741 students.[/b]
USC: 30% submitted an SAT score. 1044 students. 55% scored above a 1530. [b]574 students.[/b]
Illinois: 41% submitted an SAT score. 3,719 students. 15% scored above a 1530.  [b]550 students.[/b]
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.  [b]206 students[/b]
Northeastern: 24% submitted an SAT score. 653 students.  20% scored above a 1530. [b]130 students[/b]
Boston University: 33% submitted an SAT score. 1,093 students. 25% scored above a 1530. [b]273 students[/b]
Boston College: 28% submitted an SAT score. 662 students. 20% scored above a 1530.  [b]132 students.[/b]
Univ of Washington: 1,069 submitted an SAT score. 10% scored above 1530. [b]106 students[/b]
UVA: 45% submitted an SAT score. 1,805 students. 15% scored above a 1530. [b]270 students.[/b]
UNC: 28% submitted an SAT score. 1,320 students. 25% scored above a 1530.  [b]330 students.[/b]
Williams College: 35% submitted an SAT score. 190 students. 55% scored above a 1530.  [b]104 students.[/b]
Amherst College.  39% submitted an SAT score. 187 students. 55% scored above a 1530.  [b]103 students[/b]

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.
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These numbers are made up. How does USC have 55% of students scoring 1530 or higher when their median is 1480?[/quote]

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