SAT Score Range of Middle 50 Percent at Popular Colleges chosen by MCPS students:
Institution U Maryland College Park Towson University U Maryland Baltimore County Salisbury University Frostburg State University Morgan State University University of Delaware Johns Hopkins University Virginia Polytech Institute Saint Mary's College Maryland Howard University University of Virginia James Madison University Georgetown University American University George Washington University
Reading 570-680 480-590 520-630 510-590 430-530 400-490 550-640 630-740 540-630 580-680 470-670 600-710 520-620 650-740 580-700 590-680
Math 600-700 490-590 560-670 520-610 430-540 400-500 570-660 660-770 570-670 570-660 460-680 620-730 540-630 660-750 570-670 600-690
Writing 500-590 520-630 510-590 430-520 560-650 640-740 530-630 570-680 430-670 610-720 520-620 580-680 600-690
Source: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/csearch/index.html . 2008-09 data
Ivy League SAT Score Comparison (mid 50%)
SAT Scores Reading
Math
Writing
25%
75%
25%
75%
25%
75%
Brown
660
760
670
770
660
760
Columbia
660
760
670
780
660
750
Cornell
630
730
660
770
630
720
Dartmouth
670
770
680
780
670
770
Harvard
700
800
700
790
700
790
Princeton
690
790
700
790
690
780
U Penn
650
750
680
770
660
750
Yale
700
790
690
790
690
790
2007-08 data from National Center for Educational Statistics
Top University SAT Score Comparison (mid 50%)
SAT Scores Reading
Math
Writing
25%
75%
25%
75%
25%
75%
Carnegie Mellon
620
720
670
780
620
710
Duke
660
750
680
790
680
780
Emory
640
730
660
740
640
730
Georgetown
620
730
630
730
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Johns Hopkins
630
730
650
760
630
730
Northwestern
670
750
680
770
660
750
Notre Dame
650
740
670
760
640
730
Rice
650
750
670
780
640
750
Stanford
650
760
680
780
670
760
University of Chicago
660
770
650
760
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Vanderbilt
650
740
680
760
650
730
Washington University
680
760
700
780
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2007-08 data from National Center for Educational Statistics
Top College SAT Score Comparison (mid 50%)
SAT Scores Reading
Math
Writing
25%
75%
25%
75%
25%
75%
Amherst
670
770
660
760
670
760
Carleton
650
750
660
740
650
730
Grinnell
630
740
620
720
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-
Haverford
650
750
640
740
650
750
Middlebury
630
740
640
740
630
740
Pomona
690
770
690
760
680
750
Reed
680
760
630
710
650
730
Swarthmore
680
780
680
760
680
760
Wellesley
660
750
640
730
660
730
Williams
660
760
660
760
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2007-08 data from National Center for Educational Statistics
Top College SAT Score Comparison (mid 50%)
SAT Scores Reading
Math
Writing
25%
75%
25%
75%
25%
75%
Bowdoin
650
750
650
750
660
750
Bryn Mawr
620
730
580
680
620
710
Claremont McKenna
650
750
650
750
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-
Colby
640
720
640
710
630
710
Colgate
630
730
640
730
630
720
College of the Holy Cross
580
670
600
680
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-
Davidson
630
730
640
730
630
730
Denison
580
690
570
680
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-
Dickinson
600
700
590
690
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-
Gettysburg
610
690
610
690
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-
Hamilton
650
730
650
720
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-
Kenyon
630
730
610
700
630
720
Lafayette
580
670
610
700
590
700
Macalester
640
740
630
710
630
730
Oberlin
640
740
620
710
640
730
Vassar
660
750
640
710
650
740
Washington and Lee
660
740
660
740
660
730
Wesleyan
650
750
650
740
650
740
Whitman
620
720
610
690
620
710
2007-08 data from National Center for Educational Statistics
Top Public University SAT Scores (mid 50%)
SAT Scores Reading
Math
Writing
25% 75% 25% 75% 25% 75% College of William and Mary
630
740
620
710
620
710
Georgia Tech
590
690
650
730
580
670
UC Berkeley
580
710
620
740
590
710
UCLA
570
680
610
720
580
690
UC San Diego
540
660
600
700
560
670
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
550
670
640
740
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-
University of Michigan
590
690
630
730
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UNC Chapel Hill
590
690
610
700
580
680
University of Virginia
590
700
610
720
600
700
2007-08 data from National Center for Educational Statistics
Top Public Liberal Arts Colleges SAT Scores (mid 50%)
SAT Scores Reading
Math
Writing
25%
75%
25%
75%
25%
75%
University of Mary Washington
560
660
530
630
550
650
SUNY Geneseo
620
700
630
690
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-
The College of New Jersey
560
650
580
680
560
660
Ramapo College
490
600
510
620
500
600
St. Mary's College of Maryland
570
670
560
660
560
660
New College of Florida
630
730
590
670
600
690
College of Charleston
540
640
550
640
530
630
UNC Asheville
540
640
520
620
510
620
Truman State University
570
690
560
670
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