The SAT in University Admissions
What is a superscore?
Superscoring is the process by which colleges consider your highest section scores across all the dates you took the SAT.
Schools will take your highest section scores, forming the highest possible composite “superscore”.
May
Verbal Score: 760
Math Score: 700
Total Score: 1460
October
Verbal Score: 720
Math Score: 750
Total Score: 1470
Superscore
Verbal Score: 760
Math Score: 750
Total Score: 1510
The SAT in University Admissions
What score do I need?
Here are the average SAT scores of successful applicants to top-tier universities.
| Ivy League Universities | Average Total SAT Scores |
|---|---|
| Yale University | 1550 |
| Harvard College | 1520 |
| Columbia University | 1520 |
| Princeton University | 1520 |
| University of Pennsylvania | 1510 |
| Brown University | 1510 |
| Dartmouth College | 1500 |
| Cornell University | 1480 |
| Top Private Universities | Average Total SAT Scores |
|---|---|
| California Institute of Technology | 1560 |
| University of Chicago | 1540 |
| Vanderbilt University | 1530 |
| Stanford University | 1520 |
| MIT | 1520 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 1510 |
| Northwestern University | 1510 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 1500 |
| Top Public Universities | Average Total SAT Scores |
|---|---|
| Georgia Institute of Technology | 1520 |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | 1500 |
| UC, Berkeley | 1450 |
| U. of Michigan, Ann-Arbor | 1450 |
| University of Virginia | 1420 |
| UC, Los Angeles | 1400 |
| U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | 1390 |
- Superscores
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The SAT in University Admissions
What is a superscore?
Superscoring is the process by which colleges consider your highest section scores across all the dates you took the SAT.
Schools will take your highest section scores, forming the highest possible composite “superscore”.
May
Verbal Score: 760
Math Score: 700
Total Score: 1460
October
Verbal Score: 720
Math Score: 750
Total Score: 1470
Superscore
Verbal Score: 760
Math Score: 750
Total Score: 1510
- Score Requirements
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The SAT in University Admissions
What score do I need?
Here are the average SAT scores of successful applicants to top-tier universities.
Ivy League Universities Average Total SAT Scores Yale University 1550 Harvard College 1520 Columbia University 1520 Princeton University 1520 University of Pennsylvania 1510 Brown University 1510 Dartmouth College 1500 Cornell University 1480 Top Private Universities Average Total SAT Scores California Institute of Technology 1560 University of Chicago 1540 Vanderbilt University 1530 Stanford University 1520 MIT 1520 Johns Hopkins University 1510 Northwestern University 1510 Carnegie Mellon University 1500 Top Public Universities Average Total SAT Scores Georgia Institute of Technology 1520 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1500 UC, Berkeley 1450 U. of Michigan, Ann-Arbor 1450 University of Virginia 1420 UC, Los Angeles 1400 U. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 1390