SAT Scores for Admission to Top Colleges

By Allen Grove, About.com

If you're wondering if you have the SAT scores you'll need to get into an one of the top colleges in the United States, here's a side-by-side comparison of scores for the middle 50% of applicants. If your scores fall within or above these ranges, you're on target for admission to one of these top colleges.

Realize, of course, that SAT scores are just one part of the application. It's possible to have perfect 800s for each SAT subject and still get rejected if other parts of your application are weak. Similarly, some students with scores significantly below the ranges listed here gain admission because they demonstrate other strengths.

To see a full profile of each college, click on the names in the chart below.

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	-	-
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	-	-