What is your school's SAT average?

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<p>1450/2400 0.o</p>

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<p>1586/2400 at a charter school. I don't know how recent these stats are, but the LA Times has a tool with averages for every high school by county.</p>

<p>Highest</a> Average SAT Scores in San Bernardino County - California Schools Guide - Data Desk - Los Angeles Times</p>

<p>Look at the sidebar area.</p>

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<p>in past years it has been in the range of 1950-1980</p>

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<p>I think ours is around 1200 or 1250 out of 2400.</p>

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<p>1850s/2400</p>

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<p>1309 according the the LA Times site. I'm shocked it's that high actually.</p>

<p><em>random</em> can you believe that 43% of my school is Latino, and only 22% white? It's going to be an almost culture shock to go to a private college where 68% of the population is white, lol.</p>

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<p>1650/2400... It should probably be lower, but most kids take the ACT around here.</p>

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<p>My school has an average of less than 1400. lol</p>

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<p>So if one gets a much higher score than the school average, will colleges take this into consideration? </p>

<p>For instance:
2 kids, same credentials applying to an ivy. One comes from a wealthy private school and one comes from a normal public school. Which do they take? I would think the kid from the public school...</p>

<p>Any ideas?</p>

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<p>1510/2400. That's about right, I'd say for my school.</p>

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<p>whoever gets admitted would be the one with better ec's, grades, recs, essays, etc.</p>

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<p>median is 2220</p>

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<p>^ theenduputrid, i don't believe you. No school's median is 2220, including top private schools like exeter and andover. </p>

<p>I believe the median is somewhere between 2000-2100 at my school (top private). According to collegeboard a 780 in math put me in the 85th perrcentile at my school and a 780 in reading in the 87th percentile. Both those are in the 99th percentile overall.</p>

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<p>misterwang:
So if one gets a much higher score than the school average, will colleges take this into consideration? </p>

<p>For instance:
2 kids, same credentials applying to an ivy. One comes from a wealthy private school and one comes from a normal public school. Which do they take? I would think the kid from the public school...</p>

<p>ANy inputs on this????
Assuming ECs/recommendations/essays were pretty similar.</p>

<p>Really curious.</p>

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<p>^ Colleges give preference to lower income kids with "less opportunity"; if the two kids in your hypothetical had the exact same stats (adjusted for difficulty of the school), the public school kid would be accepted before the private school kid NO DOUBT.</p>

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<p>the actual median is like 2190, but </p>

<p>when you take out the kids with 17-1850's who only got in because they were legacies in kindergarden, the median is 2220 about. Iy's easy for the school to accept children of legacies into kindergarden because it really is tough to actually tell how intelligent a kid is when he's just in kindergarden.</p>

<p>some kids only got in kindergarden because their parents donated a lot of money, but they're still guaranteed to stay at the school for their whole high school careers, which drags the sat medians down a little. </p>

<p>so i'm right.</p>

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<p>there are plenty of rich public school kids and there are poor private school kids who rely on financial aid, and I'm sure colleges recognize this</p>

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<p>1500/2400
i got an 1800, so i'm considered like a genius.</p>

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<p>^ haha same in our school. A 30 on the ACT and you're known as the genius kid. A 32 is even more impressive. (NOt many take the SAT..some havent even heard of it!)</p>

<p>But I agree..we have plenty of rich kids in my school because there aren't very many rigorous private schools in our area and our public schools are decent.</p>

<p>theendusputrid- WOW! My school has about 9-10 National Merit finalists and that's considered quite a bit in our state!</p>

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<p>theendusputrid- So basically your school's median score is a 2220, if you don't include all the morons.</p>