Are Your SAT Scores Good Enough for the Ivy League Schools?

Here's a side-by-side comparison of scores for the middle 50% of Ivy League applicants. If your scores fall within or above these ranges, you're on target for admission to one of these top colleges.

Use the chart below to see the 2007-08 data for colleges in the Ivy League.

	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

While you'll still receive your printed SAT score report in the mail, My SAT Online Score Report shows you more about how you performed on each section of the SAT Reasoning Test.

The writing portion of the SAT, which was added to the exam in 2006, is still a work in progress, with many colleges waiting for several years of data before factoring it into admissions decisions.

Average SAT Scores for 2008 College Bound Seniors

* Critical reading: 502
* Mathematics: 515
* Writing: 494


What is considered a "good" SAT score?
Scoring close to the mean (average), about 500 on critical reading, 500 on mathematics, and 500 on writing, tells you that you scored as well as about half of all test takers. Each college will have its own range of scores that it considers a good fit for its students. It is best to check with the college(s) you are interested in to see their mean scores for its last group of freshman admits.

Remember, your SAT score alone is not enough to get accepted to the school of your choice. There are many other factors admissions will look at in determining whether or not you get accepted.

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