<p>The median could indeed be 1280 while the mean is 1249. That is not unusual, especially since the SAT has a floor of 400, I guess it is for the CR+M.= Fallenchemist</p>
<p>fallen: being honestly mistaken is not even close to being irrational. And while I sincerely want this discussion to terminate as it is serving no purpose, I do have to quibble with you still. What Fr. McShane quoted was the average SAT score from that cycle (which I thought came from the previous year but I will take your word for it), which is different from the median score (or mean in many people’s vernacular…but again, I am not a mathematician or statistician). Whatever. My point, again, was to state that I was not pulling these numbers out of my …er…head…and was given this number from someone, and its supported by the range of scores in the 50th percentile. But we are picking here. It doesnt matter if Fordham’s average, or mean, or median or whatever you want to call it or utilize is 1249 or 1260 or 1279 or 1280…the important thing is that their scores are rising rapidly (partially due to demographics and the sheer selectivity of many peer schools and some trickle down effects from higher ranking schools). </p>
<p>But its not irrational. Irrational means without logic or basis in fact or delusional. My statements were based on facts, supported by a range of scores, though my terminology was inexact in the strict sense of the word and because avg means inclusion of all scores, whereas I was utilizing the range in the 50th percentile…meaning the majority of applications they review and for which students are accepted.</p>