Indicator 3.7
Average SAT Scores for Entering Freshmen, Fall 1994 to 2008
The scores reported here represent admitted students' highest total SAT scores from any single test administration. This is the score used in determining UC eligibility and in most campus selection processes.
With the changes to the SAT in 2006 (the elimination of analogies and the addition of more critical reading passages and higher level mathematics questions), UC experienced a slight decline in the average test scores of Fall 2007 applicants. This dip has continued and has been reported by the College Board and other institutions around the country.
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Source: UCOP StatFinder files. Additional information can be found at http://statfinder.ucop.edu.
Data are scored on a 1600-point scale. The old SAT scores were based on the Math and Verbal tests; the new SAT scores are based on the Math and Critical Reading tests.
You may view or download a table of the raw data used to generate these charts in CSV files, which can be opened in spreadsheet programs such as Microsoft Excel or OpenOffice.