<p>I read the Air Force Academy web page today about the incoming class and noticed that the average was considerably low. 630-670 range. To me that is very low, does anyone agree. Even thought its not the worst I thought the wanted better. BUT this does not mean strive for that on the SAT strive for better.</p>
<p>It's not that low considering a lot more goes into a cadet than just a SAT score.</p>
<p>Did you hear the one about the statistician - the one who drowned in water that averaged 2 feet deep? </p>
<p>Old Joke - but it does make a point about averages - they don't tell the whole story. Standard Deviation along with average does (It's the average miss - from the average). I'm guessing there is a large deviation in scores. In otherwords I would bet that there is not a lot of scores around the average - they are more spread out (deviated) from the average score. Some scores are much higher and some are much lower.</p>
<p>When you consider that the Academies use Affirmative Action, Sports recruiting and prior military acceptance in their whole person scoring system, it explains how the average SAT can get pulled down than if they used merit alone.</p>
<p>Since the Service Academies use a whole person scoring system you get points for a wide range of things and SAT scores and academic performance is just one of them.</p>
<p>What kind of academic score you need really depends on who you are.
Are you a recruited athlete?
Are you a minority?
Are you an enlisted member of the military who is preforming well?</p>
<p>If so, this is a plus, it would allow you to have lower academics than you would otherwise have to have - you might get an appointment to NAPS for instance. </p>
<p>Sorry I have strayed a little off topic. I hope it helps.</p>
<p>Those scores may seem low for Ivy League, but they're really not for other selective universities. Check a Peterson's Guide or the US News and World Report college guides. If yours are way above that, so much the better, but that alone won't get you into an academy.</p>