SAT scores by UC over the years.

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p><a href="http://senate.ucsc.edu/Sassess/Image8.gif%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://senate.ucsc.edu/Sassess/Image8.gif&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>UCSC used to be the highest SAT avg school for 5 yeras in the 70s
Berkeley was only #3 UC for many years.</p>

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<p>ok..........</p>

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<p>yup, in the early 70s, UCSC was the most competitive UC for admissions. (umm, I matriculated in 1972). Sadly, things have changed in the past 30+ years. It does seem that UCSC is coming back up in popularity (and quality of students). Both schools have a lot to offer students. I would have to say though, that CAL has been more consistent than UCSC.</p>

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<p>Go Banana Slugs!</p>

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<p>There's a huge jump between 1995 and 1996. Was that the year they cancelled affirmitive action?</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/highered/ra/sat/sat_data_equiv.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeboard.com/highered/ra/sat/sat_data_equiv.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Bubbles:</p>

<p>the collegeboard made it much easier for y'all to score 800's...</p>

<p>Prior to '95, you needed all 80 questions correct for to score 800 on math; but not in '96 -- you could miss a couple and still score 800. But, the biggest recentering occurred on the Verbal portion -- a score of ~650 became a 710 overnight. A 470 became 550.</p>

<p>So, far all the students out there thinking that their parents' 1400 was slacking......</p>