SAT Averages of Accepted Students

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>Wow, I must really be a nerd. Okay, so I got d'frd at Yale and I don't feel like posting my own stats. BUT I was interested in what scores looked like for my top four schools. SOOOOO I added up and averaged the SAT scores for all students who said that they were accepted and decided to share it with everybody. REMEMBER I might have made some mistakes here so go ahead and check my work. </p>

<p>Here were the rules. I looked only at scores for students who were accepted. I ignored ACT scores and used only reported SAT scores. If someone took the old SAT I, I used the verbal and math scores and then took the writing score from their SAT IIs. If they gave only their total score (and not the breakdowns) for the new SAT then I used it to average the totals but left that person out of the individual category averages. There were a couple of entries that were jokes so I left those out as well. I went through as many posts as available through the number shown for each school in the "Official Early Action Results Threads".</p>

<p>Stanford = Analyzed through post # 206
Harvard = Analyzed through post # 406
Princeton = Analyzed through post # 346
Yale = Analyzed through post # 261</p>

<p>Remember that since these are averages they might change if more "accepted" posts are added past the ones I had available. Also, its impossible to know whether some admitted students were more likely than others to post.</p>

<p>Now don't jump all over me for being a nerd or trying to push one school. I'd go to any of them. These are just the numbers and I might have made some mistakes.</p>

<p>AND...[drum roll]...here are the results:</p>

<p>Highest Overall SAT I Average for Admitted Students</p>

<p>2286 Stanford
2277 Harvard
2273 Princeton
2271 Yale</p>

<p>Highest Math SAT I Average for Admitted Students</p>

<p>768 Stanford
763 Princeton
762 Harvard
748 Yale</p>

<p>Highest CR SAT I Average for Admitted Students</p>

<p>769 Stanford
767 Yale
755 Princeton
745 Harvard</p>

<p>Highest Writing SAT I Average for Admitted Students</p>

<p>767 Harvard
754 Princeton
752 Stanford
752 (tie)Yale</p>

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<p>Wow you are nerdy..but thanks for the info :)</p>

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<p>HA. PWNED. STANFORD >>> All.</p>

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<p>wow I didn't think Stanford was more SAT statistically competetive than the others...
and sucks that I got a really good writing score and Stanford was tied for lowest out of the 4 in that category...
or maybe that's a good thing for me...? If I can get my CR up...</p>

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<p>I don't think it matters. CC is, what, less than 1/20 of the SCEA admitted pool for Stanford. In the grand scheme of things, our averaged SAT scores aren't statistically significant enough to suggest a tendency toward a certain sectional score.</p>

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<p>I had a 2150 and a 660 CR. </p>

<p>I don't think that is representative, like jimmy said, but it's still cool to know that we beat HYP on all but writing (which was personally my highest).</p>

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<p>the scores of people on cc will probably be higher than the actual average.</p>

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<p>awesome. =P</p>

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<p>There's only one valid deductive conclusion from this data...
the accepted CC Stanford EA people are smarter than all those Ivy selectees :p. Or at least, we score higher haha.</p>

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<p>those are damn high...i just got in with lower scores on almost all sections</p>

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<p>me too........</p>

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<p>same here :)</p>

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<p>This analysis is meaningless. Given the error inherent in the test score in the first place, the small sample size confined to non-scientifically selected CC posters, the probable inaccuracy of some of the self-reported scores (i.e. some posters are not completely honest), I think it's pretty clear that the differences reported between the schools listed is insignificant.</p>

<p>In this flawed analysis, 2286 and 2271 are merely noise around the same number, or stated better: 2286 and 2271 are two indistinguishable points contained within the same ill-defined range. The actual order of the schools may well be exactly reversed from what is listed here, or maybe Princeton or Harvard are actually on top. It's impossible to tell from the data available.</p>

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<p>jjjjjjjeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz</p>

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<p>yeah... i just got accepted to Stanford and I'm lower than all of the scores except for CR (can't beat an 800)</p>

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<p>Hey you guys, I know that this isn't statistically valid. It was just a way of seeing how my own scores compared to those of the reporting CC'rs who got accepted. Of course it relies on honesty in reporting and there's probably a lot of bias. The bias is probably about the same for all the schools though so a rough comparison is still kinda interesting. Mostly, I guess it says that these numbers are pretty high and the top schools are pretty close together. By the way, I wasn't trying to 'spam' the boards! geez, I just thought it would be fun to share. It's kind of interesting though that some stereotypes show up, like some schools accepting more CC'rs with high math scores.</p>

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<p>Good, I'm glad you recognize that.</p>

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<p>You can't say whether those stereotypes show up or not. The numbers you are basing it on are, as you admitted, invalid. That is exactly the sort of conclusion you cannot draw from these numbers.</p>

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<p>wow
that was a little harsh</p>

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<p>What does it matter anyway? It’s not going to affect anyone’s chances of admission, and we all know how good HYPS are anyway!</p>

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<p>I apologize. I wasn't meaning to be harsh. I just get alarmed it when people misuse statistics. Anyone headed for HYPS or other good schools has got to realize, hopefully sooner rather than later, that you cannot draw valid conclusions from invalid numbers. In fact, you cannot draw ANY conclusions from them.</p>

<p>(Not meant harshly, honest)</p>