SAT Writing scores for college classes of 2010

Parents Corner
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<p>I entered these data on the College Search forum, but I thought some parents would like to see these as well.</p>

<p>For reference, CB reports that the Class of 2010's average SAT 1 Writing score was 497:
<a href="http://www.collegeboard.com/press/releases/150054.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.collegeboard.com/press/releases/150054.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The Common Data Set (CDS) for 2006-2007, soon to be released by many institutions, will contain new fields for SAT 1 Writing scores, as well as more info on standardized tests:
<a href="http://www.commondataset.org/%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.commondataset.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>A note on population covered......most colleges expressly declared whether the statistic(s) reported were for admitted students, enrolled students, or in one case, applying students; however, a few did not mention which population was reported, so I guessed. Note that enrolled statistics will generally be lower than admitted statistics.</p>

<p>Reference links to each original web document containing these data can be found at:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=235657%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=235657&lt;/a>
I found most of these data on recently updated freshman profile web pages and a few news releases.</p>

<p>Generally, the Writing scores are inline with reported CR & M scores.</p>

<p>INSTITUTION…..POPULATION…..MID 50%…..MEDIAN…..MEAN
Barnard…………….....enrolled……………………..…… 690………….
Boston U………….....enrolled………610-710……...……………..660
Case Western……...enrolled………580-680……………...………..
Colby……………….....enrolled……...610-710……………...………..
Dartmouth……….ED admitted……………………………....……...704
Davidson………….....admitted……..650-740……………………....
Duke A&S…………....admitted………670-760……………………....
Duke Eng………….....admitted……..680-760…………..…………..
Harvey Mudd……....enrolled…..………………………..710…………..
Johns Hopkins……...admitted………650-740…………………….....
Kenyon…………….....enrolled………..620-710…………..…………..
Mary Washington...accepted…....560-660…………………....608
Mary Washington….enrolled……….550-640…………………....597
Michigan…………......enrolled……….610-720………………………..
MIT…………………......admitted………670-760……………………....
Mt Holyoke……….....enrolled….…..620-700………………………..
Pomona…………….....enrolled…………………………...730………..712
Princeton…………...ED admitted……...………………………………720
Providence………...EA applied………………....……………………..611
Providence………...RD applied………....……………………………..586
Providence…….…..EA admitted…………....…………………………632
Providence………...RD admitted………………....……….………...617
Providence………...EA enrolled………………………....…………….621
Providence………...RD enrolled……………………….……....………598
Reed………………......admitted…………640-730….…680….……676
St. Lawrence……....admitted………………………....………………600
St. Michael's…………...??…………...….510-600…………..…………..
Tufts……………….....admitted………….670-760……………………..
UC Berkeley………...admitted…………………………………....…….665
UC Berkeley………...enrolled…………..590-710………………..……..
UC Irvine……….…...admitted………………………....……………….611
UCLA……………...….admitted………………….....…………………….663
UCSB…………...…….admitted……………......…………………………609
UCSC…………...…….admitted…………......……………………………582
UCSD…………...…….admitted…………………......……………………637
Vassar…………...……enrolled…………....………………………..691 or 705
Wellesley…….……...enrolled…………......…………………………….697
Wesleyan……….…..enrolled……………….....……………690………….
Whitman…………..….admitted………....………………….670………….
Whitman……...………enrolled……..…..610-700.…...650…………</p>

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<p>some additions:</p>

<p>INSTITUTION…..POPULATION…..MID 50%…..MEDIAN…..MEAN
Penn..................admittted......650-750.......................
Vanderbilt...........enrolled.........630-720.......................</p>

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<p>INSTITUTION…..POPULATION…..MID 50%…..MEDIAN…..MEAN
Macalester.........enrolled.........620-720.......................
Reed.................enrolled.........640-730.......................</p>

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<p>Dammit I got a 720, but I wasn't admitted into Princeton early :(</p>

<p>Those kids aren't as smart as I thought.</p>

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<p>Thank you for posting this. I find this kind of comparative data difficult to find.</p>

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<p>Thanks so much for taking the time to find and post this!</p>

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<p>this is an interesting one....</p>

<p>INSTITUTION…..POPULATION…..MID 50%…..MEDIAN…..MEAN
USC...................applied.........550-680.....................
USC...................admitted.......650-730....................
USC...................enrolled........640-720.....................</p>

<p>source: <a href="http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/parents/images/profilefreshman2006.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/parents/images/profilefreshman2006.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>INSTITUTION…..POPULATION…..MID 50%…..MEDIAN…..MEAN
Princeton..........ED admitted....................................720
Princeton............applied..........630-740......................
Princeton............admitted........680-780......................
Princeton............enrolled.........660-770......................</p>

<p>sources:
<a href="http://www.princeton.edu/pr/facts/profile/06/08.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.princeton.edu/pr/facts/profile/06/08.htm&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2005/12/16/news/14180.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2005/12/16/news/14180.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>THANK YOU PRINCETON (PLUS USC AND PROVIDENCE) FOR YOUR FULL & TIMELY DISCLOSURE.</p>

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<p>INSTITUTION…..POPULATION…..MID 50%…..MEDIAN…..MEAN
Dartmouth........ED admitted.....670-760....................704</p>

<p>sources:
<a href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Einterviewers/pdfs/newsletter-fall05.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.dartmouth.edu/~interviewers/pdfs/newsletter-fall05.pdf&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2006010501010%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.thedartmouth.com/article.php?aid=2006010501010&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>My 600 is lookin pretty good for BU :)</p>

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<p>I guess my son's 700 for writing was good enough for him to fall in the mid 50% for USC (he did enroll), tho it was his lowest portion of the SATI. Guess the PSAT will help us predict how D's writing SAT might turn out.</p>

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<p>Himom...the PSAT does not include writing an essay. The "writing" portion of that test is not similar to the writing portion of the SAT. The CR/Math sections are somewhat similar and those scores can offer some predictive value. I'm sure the CB will give projected scores on the PSAT for the writing, although truthfully, I don't know how valuable they will be. Did they do this last year on the PSAT??</p>

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<p>USC 2006-2007 Admission Profile:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/parents/aboutusStudentProfile.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/parents/aboutusStudentProfile.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p><a href="http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/parents/images/profilefreshman2006.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/student-affairs/parents/images/profilefreshman2006.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Fall Matriculants 2,763 32% yield
Mean GPA (un-weighted, 4.0 scale) 3.7
Middle 50% SAT Critical Reading 630 — 720
Middle 50% SAT Writing 640 — 720
Middle 50% SAT Math 650 — 740</p>

<p>Fall Admits 8,634 25% admit rate
Mean GPA (un-weighted, 4.0 scale) 3.8
Middle 50% SAT Critical Reading 640 — 730
Middle 50% SAT Writing 650 — 730
Middle 50% SAT Math 670 — 760</p>

<p>Fall Applicants 33,979
Mean GPA (un-weighted, 4.0 scale) 3.5
Middle 50% SAT Critical Reading 540 — 670
Middle 50% SAT Writing 550 — 680
Middle 50% SAT Math 570 — 700</p>

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<p>You're right that the PSAT doesn't include writing an essay, but it does give a subscore for "writing," where the child looks for grammatical errors in sentences, etc. (my S much preferred the analogies the ETS tossed). Fortunately, his SAT writing score was slightly higher than the PSAT writing subscore, even tho ETS didn't like his essay.<br>
Not sure how much the colleges are really regarding the essays, since there has been so much controversey over it. Seems to especially penalize our kids who are very concise writers & favor those who are wordier (even if all their facts may be totally wrong). Oh well, our kids will deal with it.</p>

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<p>INSTITUTION…..POPULATION…..MID 50%…..MEDIAN…..MEAN
Colby………………….enrolled…………610-700………..670………..642
Temple……………….enrolled………..480-580……………………………..
U Md Balt Co………enrolled………..520-620……………………………..</p>

<p>Sources:
<a href="http://www.colby.edu/ir/factbook/admissions/admissions.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.colby.edu/ir/factbook/admissions/admissions.pdf&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.temple.edu/factbook/cds06/cdsc.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.temple.edu/factbook/cds06/cdsc.html&lt;/a>
<a href="http://www.umbc.edu/oir/cds/CDS2006_2007.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.umbc.edu/oir/cds/CDS2006_2007.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>INSTITUTION…..POPULATION…..MID 50%…..MEDIAN…..MEAN
Amherst.............applied..........640-740....................687
Amherst............accepted........670-770....................715
Amherst.............enrolled.........660-760....................705</p>

<p><a href="http://www.amherst.edu/about_amh/ssr/amherstcollege_ssr2010.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.amherst.edu/about_amh/ssr/amherstcollege_ssr2010.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Well my D got an 800 and did not get into Yale ED.............................</p>