<p>The record SAT average score of 1427 is 6 points higher than last year's. Last year, WCAS had an average of 1436. I suspect this year's average is above 1440. I wonder if WCAS has higher average than McCormick again.</p>
<p>I heard someone here say the that this years average was 1470 and I got worried. Least my SAT score is still competitive if its 1440 or so.</p>
<p>1470 is the average of ADMITTED students. The numbers in my OP are stats for the actual ENROLLED class.</p>
<p>Remember too that this is an AVERAGE not MEDIAN score. Many schools will only release medians or 25-75%iles. Be careful to compare apples/apples.</p>
<p>I expect median to be higher than the arithmetic mean (commonly known as average) for many top schools, including NU. For marketing purposes, reporting median would make a school look better. NU is one of the few schools that don't inflate themselves or mislead people in this area--they always show the mean (instead of median) and the stats for the enrolled (instead of admitted) students on their website.</p>