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Average Admission Scores

 

 

Part of preparing for the SAT/ACT is finding out what score you need.  Try to beat the average admission scores.

Institution

 

UCLA

 

UC Davis

 

UC San Diego

 

UC Berkeley

 

UC Santa Cruz

 

UC Santa Barbara

 

UC Riverside

 

UC Irvine

 

San Diego State

 

Fresno State

 

CSU Long Beach

 

Cal Poly - SLO

 

Chico State

 

Sacramento State

 

Humboldt State

 

Ivy League

 

USC

 

UNR

 

University of Oregon

 

Oregon State

 

University of Washington

 

Washington State

 

University of Arizona

 

Arizona State

 

 

 

Average SAT

 

1333 

 

1200

 

1267

 

1467

 

1200

 

1267

 

1164

 

1252

 

1169

 

1050

 

1200

 

1267

 

1000

 

1067

 

934

 

1467+

 

1359

 

1067

 

1040

 

 

1150

 

1300

 

 

1007

 

1000

 

 

1050

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average ACT

 

30 

 

26

 

28

 

32

 

26

 

28

 

26

 

28

 

26

 

21

 

26

 

28

 

21

 

22

 

20

 

33+

 

32

 

22

 

25

 

 

24

 

27

 

 

23

 

23

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average GPA

 

 3.9  

 

3.7

 

3.8

 

3.9

 

3.6

 

3.8

 

3.8

 

4.0

 

3.7

 

3.3

 

3.7

 

3.8

 

3.2

 

3.4

 

3.0

 

4.0+

 

3.7

 

3.3

 

3.6

 

 

3.5

 

3.8

 

 

3.3

 

3.1

 

 

3.3

 

 

 

 

 

University

of

California

 

California

State

University

 

Private

&

Out-of-State Schools

 

 

  • Application Deadline: November 30

 

 

  • Application Deadline: November 30

  • Accepts current and redesigned SAT scores for admission and exemption from the Entry Level Mathematics and English Placement Test.

 

 

  • Application deadlines vary from early Nov - late March.  

  • Out-of-state fees almost double the cost of tuition in some cases.

  • Some schools are extremely selective, while others don't even require the SAT or ACT

  • Private schools often offer more financial aid than public schools

  • Ivy league schools use Holistic Admissions criteria to admit students.  Even students with a 4.0 and perfect test scores sometimes do not get admitted.

 

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