Monday, September 17, 2007

More Articles Soon

I know I haven't posted in the last couple of days, but I just haven't found the time unfortunately. I'm hoping to get a few articles up this week, but I apologize for not being able to write anything for the last couple days.

Friday, September 14, 2007

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Thursday, September 13, 2007

SAT Subject Tests (SAT II)

There is another aspect of the SATs that I have not talked about yet and that is the SAT Subject Tests (SAT II).

The subject tests are, as their name implies, a test of your aptitude in a specific area of study. The general areas are English (literature), History (U.S. and European), Mathematics (Level 1 and 2), Science (Biology, Chemistry, and Physics), and Languages (Chinese, French, German, Spanish, Modern Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, and Korean). For more description on each of these areas check here.

The format of the subject tests is a one hour multiple choice exam. Some of the tests have some other supplemental areas to them, such as listening sections for some of the language areas. You can sign up for a maximum 3 tests for one date, although if you can avoid it I would not suggest taking all three in one sitting.

Not all colleges require subject tests – in fact, many don’t. They are generally used as a supplement for the SAT so that colleges can get a better picture of all your abilities as a student. Some colleges will specify that you have to take specific subject tests while others will simply tell you to take at least one or two. You can also use them as a way to boost your academic credentials, especially if you did not do too well on one area of the SAT.

The tests that you decide to take should depend on two things: which ones your colleges require (if any) and which areas you feel you are most qualified in. For areas such as science or history the best time to take the subject tests is as soon after completing the course as possible. This is particularly true if you are taking an A.P. course in any of the aforementioned subject areas. Meaning, for example, if you are a junior who is taking A.P. U.S. history a good time to try and take the subject test on U.S. History would be sometime soon after taking your A.P. exam in May. I found that the SAT subject tests for the courses that I had completed as an A.P. student were much easier than the A.P. exam itself, so preparation for the A.P. exam is very good preparation for the SAT subject tests.

If you don’t have to take the subject tests, though, I would suggest against taking them unless you feel you can do particularly well in any of the subjects. If, for example, you are fluent in Chinese then by all means take the Chinese subject test because this will provide another dimension in your academic resume. However, if you are a 3rd year Spanish student who is getting by so-so in Spanish and who is not applying to any colleges that require SAT subject tests, then why take the test?

In summary, the SAT Subject Tests (SAT II) are just another tool that colleges use to assess you as a student. They’re not nearly as painful as the SAT, but if you can avoid them I would suggest doing so.

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Receiving Your SAT Scores

I just want to talk quickly about receiving your SAT scores and what you should do after you have gotten them.

Receiving Your Scores

There are two ways that you will receive your SAT scores. Everyone is sent their scores by mail about a month after the completion of the test, so be on the lookout for them about a month after you take the test. The second way is online. If you have registered online with CollegeBoard you can view your scores about 20-25 days after you have taken the test. To get the exact dates that your scores will be released check here.

Contact Your Guidance Counselor

You should contact you guidance counselor after you have received your SAT scores to make sure that he/she has also received your scores. Normally this is done automatically, but there is no harm in making sure that it happened. This will be important when your guidance counselor is preparing your transcript and writing your letter of recommendation.

To Retake or Not To Retake

This is probably the biggest issue you will face after you have received your scores. If you received the scores that you wanted or the scores that you believe you need to get into the college(s) of your choice then there really is no need to retake the SATs. However, if you did not receive the scores you were looking for there is no harm in retaking the SATs. The only issue is that you will have to pay for them again. However, beyond that you will not be penalized for retaking the exam. In fact, typically you get better at taking the SATs every time. Also, colleges only look at your best scores, even if they were on different tests. So, for example, let’s say you got a 650 verbal but a 400 math on your first try, so you take the SATs again and get a 600 verbal but a 550 math. Your total SAT score will then be 1200 (not including the writing portion). In the end it comes down to what your situation is, but make sure you assess whether or not retaking the SATs would help your chances of getting into the colleges you are applying to before you make your decision on what to do.

Sending Out Your Scores

One of the things that you need to do is send your scores to the colleges that you are applying to. This is not something that you have to do until you have submitted your application, but I figured I’d mention it here. You can send your scores via CollegeBoard.com as another one of the services that they offer. This is important because most colleges require an official SAT report from College Board, so there is no reason not to do it through their site.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Taking the SATs

You’ve done everything you can to prepare for the SATs, now it is time to take them. Knowing the material on the SATs, however, is not the only thing you can do to improve your scores. There are also strategies to taking it that you might find helpful.

There are some general rules that apply to all the multiple choice sections of the SATs. The questions are split into what the SATs consider to be easy, medium, and hard (you may have heard the term The Good, The Bad, The Ugly). The questions in each of the multiple choice sections begin easy and get progressively harder. Generally the last 10 questions are the most difficult part of each multiple choice section.

You want to get all (or at least almost all) of the easy and medium questions right. All the questions are weighted the same, so there is no reason to guess at the harder questions if you do not know the answer because you think that they might be worth more. They’re not. Remember, though, that the SATs are, in a certain sense, curved. If there is a question that 99% of the test takers in the country get right (or wrong) it is likely that this question will be removed. Therefore, you want to try the hard questions, especially if you think you can get them right.

Another thing about multiple choice questions is when you should guess and when you should not guess. A right and wrong answer are not worth the same thing on the SATs. A wrong answer in a multiple choice section takes away 1/4 of a point. Therefore, there are certain times when just randomly guessing is to your favor. Mathematically, it is worth it to guess if you can eliminate just 1 of the 4 choices in a question. (When I say mathematically I mean this: hypothetically you have 4 questions, none of which you know the answer to, but you can eliminate 1 choice in all 4 questions. Now you have 3/4 choices for each question. Therefore, odds dictate that you will get 1 right and 3 wrong. Since 1 right is worth 1 point and 3 wrong is worth -3/4 points, you gain 1/4 point over all.) However, personally I will never guess unless I can eliminate 2 choices. This is a personal preference, but I feel more comfortable guessing when I have a 50/50 chance. The thing on eliminate choices, though, is that you have to be absolutely sure that the choice you’re eliminating cannot be correct.

There are also a few specific things for each section that you should know:

Verbal

In the reading comprehension part of the verbal make sure to pay attention to any words that they underline or italicize. Also, it would be a good idea as you’re reading to underline what you think is the most important sentence in each paragraph. This will help you later on when you have to answer questions. Also make notes of any other items that stick out (odd words, quotes, important ideas, etc.)

Math

Part of the math section is comprised of grid-in questions where you have to write your answer in and then bubble in the corresponding numbers. Never leave these blank. You do not lose any points for incorrect answers on these, so always put something in. Hopefully you have more than just a wild guess, but even if it is just a wild guess write something in the blank.

Writing

Writing a good essay is not just about your ability to write. The way the essay writing portion goes is you will be given some type of prompt – many times it is a quote from someone famous or something like that – and you are asked to take a stance. What the SAT graders are looking for, besides your ability to write a good essay, is that you pull in outside resources. They want you to talk about things that are going on in the news, things that you’ve read in other books, quotes from other famous people, etc. They want you to show your ability to converse through writing. Make sure that your essay follows some of the conventions of a typical essay; meaning it has an intro and conclusion as well as body paragraphs that relate to whatever thesis you have decided on. You are not given a ton of time for the essay writing portion so collect your ideas and just start writing.

The most important thing about taking the SATs is to pace yourself, do not panic, and watch your time. I would suggest wearing your own watch, so you do not have to rely on the proctor telling you how much time is left. For the multiple choice sections make sure you answer as many questions as you can as quickly as you can. Don’t waste time on questions you have no idea how to solve. Don’t waste time on reading directions over and over again either. If you’ve taken the SATs or any practice SATs or the PSATs all the directions are the same – there is no need to waste time reading them again. Every second is precious, so don’t waste any.

If you don’t panic, though, and go through each section quickly but carefully and follow some of these tips I’ve outlined then you should do just fine.

Monday, September 10, 2007

Preparing for the SATs

The SATs are a painful, frustrating process that just about anyone who wants to go to college must endure. That is the unfortunate truth, so I can’t help you there. However, I can offer some advice on how to prepare for the SATs because if you prepare the whole experience will be much easier and much more rewarding in the long run.

One of the biggest problems with the SATs is the type of test that it is. SAT stands for Scholastic Aptitude Test. It is testing the skills that you should have developed during your time in school. Therefore, if you are coming on this page a week, a day, or the night before the SATs then really there isn’t much you can do besides get a good night sleep before the test. Beyond that, if you haven’t been preparing, then it really is too late. That’s the bad news; let us go on to some more positive information.

I’m hoping that you come on this page (along with this entire site) as a freshman so that you can make the preparation process into something more than just cramming the night before an exam. However, that is not to say that if you are a junior who will be taking the SATs in six months that you should just ignore this. Quite the contrary, there is still a lot that you can do.

I’m going to break this down into the three major sections that make up the SATs:

Verbal

Vocab, Vocab, Vocab. This is what the verbal section of the SAT is all about. Although with the new version of the SATs the analogy section has been removed, this section of the SATs is still largely a test of how well of a vocabulary you have. Several sections are specifically geared towards knowing the definition and usage of vocabulary words, and the reading comprehension section is also partially based on being able to understand the vocabulary of the articles presented to you.

So what can you do? Well, there are tons of places to find SAT vocabulary words. SAT prep books usually have ready-made flashcards that you can pull out and use. The Internet is a great place to find lists and lists of vocabulary words. I just did a quick Google search and came with these sites:

freevocabulary.com

majortests.com

vocabtest.com

Now that you have you list of words, though, you need to study them – every day. There is no way you can learn and remember the hundreds, even thousands, of words that you will be exposing yourself to. This is why I say you should start as early as possible. Let’s say you started when you were a freshman in high school, and you decide to learn 1 word a day, just 1 word. By your junior year you would have learned over 1000 new words. Will you remember them all? Probably not, but you’ll have a much bigger vocabulary than when you started. And you should be constantly refreshing yourself on the words that you’ve already learned – this includes using them in regular speech and in writing. The best way to look at this is that you aren’t just learning vocabulary for the SATs, you are also becoming a more articulate person, which will help you throughout your life.

Increasing your vocabulary is the easiest and most effective way to boost your SAT verbal score. You should also read as much as possible. This will help in two ways. One, you will be exposed to even more words. If you are reading something and come upon a word that you don’t know, look it up (yes I know every teacher you’ve ever had has told you to do this – maybe that is because there is a good reason that ever teacher you’ve ever had has told you to do this, though). Secondly, it will get you to start thinking about what the authors are truly saying. The other half of the SAT verbal is all about reading comprehension. It is about being able to read something and understand what the author is trying to say in that body of work. The only way you’re going to be good at this is if you practice, and by practice I mean to read – a lot.

Math

The math section of the SAT is more about knowing what you can and can’t do, as well as knowing how to do what you can do as fast as possible. The SAT Math covers elementary math (adding, subtracting, multiplication, division, exponents, order of operations, etc.) through geometry, algebra, and some statistics. You might be thinking, “Well I’ve taken all those courses, I’m in calculus now, I’m way ahead.” The problem with the SAT Math is not the subject because these are the subject areas that you should have been exposed to by the time you will be taking the SATs. Rather, the problem is the level of detail and the level of understanding of the subject areas that the more difficult SAT questions require for you to answer them correctly.

Unfortunately the only way to prepare yourself for the SAT Math section is to practice, and practice, and then practice some more. This is where I found the SAT prep books to be the most helpful. Yes, the flash cards were nice for the verbal section, but the math problems that they provide along with the explained solutions that they provide are what I found to be the most useful area of the books. If you don’t have access to SAT prep books then go to your old math teachers, and ask to borrow a textbook. If your teacher doesn’t have any, find some way to get your hands on some of your old math textbooks or any other resource you might be able to think of that would provide you with math problems to work on. The Internet, again, is a great source for this. Another quick Google search yielded these sites:

majortests.com

satmathpro.com

testpreview.com

As with the Verbal preparation, this is something you want to space out over long periods of time. Do a little bit every day, or a couple times a week. You do not need to kill yourself with problems every day; in fact, that is a worse way to study than spacing it out over a long period of time. The thing with the Math section is that many of the problems can be solved in many different ways. You need to be able to identify the fastest way to complete the problem. I’ll talk about this more in the Taking the SATs article (I’ll be posting that tomorrow), but if you come on a problem and after reading it are not sure what areas of math that problem covers as well as what strategies you should be using to solve it then you did not prepare well enough. That sounds a little harsh, and it really only applies if you are going for an 800 because otherwise answering every question is not necessary, but that is the basic idea.

Writing

The writing section is a new part of the SATs (I’m not sure exactly why it was added, but I’ve heard that it was added because certain colleges in the country were no longer going to accept the SATs as a valid aptitude test unless something like the writing section was added). It is split up into main pieces – writing a short essay and revising grammatical mistakes.

The essay writing portion of the test is probably one of the more difficult things to prepare for. I’ll talk about what exactly you should include in your essay tomorrow when I post about taking the SATs, but the actual preparation for the essay writing section is really based off of your grammatical and verbal abilities. If you can write succinctly and articulately then you shouldn’t have any trouble with the essay writing portion. If you can’t write well, though, the best way to learn is to improve your verbal and grammatical abilities.

The grammatical revision section is all about your abilities to spot grammatical mistakes (whether it be something as simple as there being a missing period to something more complicated such as sentence structure) and know how those mistakes should be corrected. As with all the other areas of preparation I’ve already mentioned, studying grammar rules should be done over a long period of time. If you’re taking English classes in high school you should be exposed to this to a certain extent, but more practice will probably be needed. The SAT prep books as well as sites online would probably be your best review sources.

Other Things

College Board.com – you really should familiarize yourself with this site. These are the people that give the SAT, so there really isn’t any more knowledgeable resource. They can provide you with other tips, as well as with resources such as SAT Prep courses and books. Also, I would suggest having them send you their “SAT Question of the Day.” Doing one of these a day gives you the daily practice that I’ve been emphasizing.

Prep-Courses – I personally have mixed feelings about these. There are a lot of SAT prep courses out there that promise to increase your score by X amount of points, but generally these courses are pretty expensive ($300+ for the more developed ones). If you feel that you really need a course to give you structure and to make you study, then by all means go right ahead. However, from my experience there is little in those courses that you cannot get by buying some prep books and reading articles online about preparing for and taking the SATs.

The Night Before – like I said at the top, the night before you take the SATs the only thing you want to do is get a good night’s sleep. Staying up late – whether to study or to go out and do other stuff – is only going to hurt you. So eat a good meal and go to bed early so you make sure you get those crucial 8 hours of sleep.

About the Amazon Adds

I just added Amazon adds to the left column of the blog. I'm hoping they put in links for SAT prep books (that's what I told them to put in there) instead of whatever junk they have as links there now. If they don't update it within the next couple of days I'll take it off, but I figured it would be the easiest way to link the books I'll be referring to in the SAT preparation article once I'm done writing it.

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Feed Working Again

Well the feed has apparently started working again. I guess the changes I made just needed some time to get loaded. I'm hoping to get a couple posts in about the SATs over the next couple of days. 8am class though means I'm off to bed now

Feed Broke, Sorry

I just realized that the list of SAT and ACT scores seems to have been too big for the feed. I've tried to fix it, but it doesn't seem to want to work. Hopefully it'll be back up within a couple days when that post is no longer on the front page.

Sorry about this.

Choosing Colleges to Apply To

So you’re sitting in your room thinking, “I wonder what colleges I should apply to” – at least I remember this happening to me. There are hundreds of colleges in the United States today, and you would be hard pressed to find one that does not cater to your needs and personality. However, actually finding the right college among this huge list is not any easy task, especially when you don’t even know what you should be looking for in a school. Hopefully you’ve talked to your guidance counselor (if you haven’t then you should), which is a good start. The criteria still come down to what is important to you though.

Here is a list of some things that you may or may not want to consider as being important or not important:

· Academic programs

· Size of school

· Location of school

· “Average Student” scores

· Cost of Tuition

· Sports and other social events

· Campus activities

· School Demographic

Academic Programs

If you have any idea what you want to study when you go to college, whether it is just an idea of a general subject area or a major that you have decided on, you want to make sure that the colleges that you are looking at include that area of study. For example, if you want to be a political science major, make sure that every college that you are looking at has political science as a choice for a major. You may think that all colleges offer every type of degree, but this is not the case. I remember there was one school I was really interested in, but they did not offer psychology as a major (which is very strange considering how popular a major psychology is). Basically, check to see if the school offers the areas of study that you are interested in. If it doesn’t, then you should probably cross it off the list.

Size of School

Some people would not go to a school with more than 3,000 students on the campus; other people won’t go to a school that has less than 20,000 people on campus. You should consider what size campus you will be most comfortable on. Would you feel lost on a huge campus? Would be bored on a small one? Also, how important is class size to you? Do you want all your classes to have no more than 25 students in them? Or is this not important to you? You do not want to put yourself in a situation where you can’t feel comfortable and at home, so consider what size campus you want to live on.

Location of School

Are you the type of person that wants to go home every weekend or would you rather only have to see your family on holidays? Do you want to have to jump on a plane every time you want to go home (and imagine moving to campus if that is the case)? Do you want to live out in the middle of nowhere with corn and cows, or would you rather be in a major city? As I just stated when I was talking about the size of the school, you want to make sure that you are setting yourself up for success not failure. Do not put yourself in the middle of a big city if you aren’t comfortable walking around city streets at night. Don’t move 1500 miles away from home if you think you’re going to be home sick unless you are able to go home whenever you get the chance. So again, make choices that you will be comfortable with in the long run.

“Average Student” scores

Not all of else can get 1600s on the SATs (well 2400s now with the new SATs) or graduate number 1 from their high school – I know I sure didn’t. Therefore, you want to take into consideration the average scores (check average SAT and ACT scores) at the colleges you are going to be applying to. However, as I stated in my post on the importance of a guidance counselor, you should go into looking for colleges with the mindset that you are trying to fill three different categories:

Reach schools – these are the schools that are generally beyond you academic scores. Your SATs might not be high enough or maybe your high school GPA is a bit too low. Whatever the reason, these are the schools that you will likely not get in to, but that you still might have a chance of being accepted to. Reread the last part of that sentence. Reach schools should not be impossible for you to get in to. Let’s say that for your normal schools you have about a 65% chance to get into them – your reach schools are the ones you have a 30% chance of getting in to (these are not real numbers, they’re just hypothetical). Otherwise if you are applying schools that you could not possibly get in to thinking that they are reach schools you are really just wasting your money.

Normal schools – these are the schools that generally match up to your academic scores. If you line up with the average scores for these schools then they are probably in your “normal schools” category. This is not to say that you will definitely get in to them. What I’m trying to say is that you would be the typical applicant for that school (whatever a typical applicant for that school would be). You might get in, you might not get in. Many times this will come down to things such as your essay, your extracurricular activities, an interview, etc. – basically things besides your test scores and GPA.

Safety schools – these are the schools that have average scores that are below yours. This is why they are safety schools. If, going back to my example above, you have a 65% chance of getting into a school in your “normal schools” category, you should have over a 90% chance of getting into the schools in your “safety schools” category. That is not to say, though, that you should just ignore your safety schools. You should still choose decent schools just in case you end up going to one of them. Also, another thing to note about safety schools is that many times if you are overqualified for a school they will give you scholarship money to try and attract you to their school.

Cost of Tuition

At some point you’re going to face the fact that college is expensive, so you might as well face it when you are looking for schools. The problem with basing what schools to apply to on the cost of their tuition is that you do not know what type of financial aid you are going to get. You might apply to a ton of scholarships and get all of them – or get none of them. The school might look at your academic record and your financial situation and give you a full scholarship – or they might not give you anything. Unless you are firmly set against a specific tuition amount I would not worry too much about the cost of tuition when looking at schools to apply to. If, when you’re ready to apply to all the various colleges, you have a giant list of something like 15-20 schools you may want to narrow it down a bit, in which case knowing the cost of tuition may be a deciding factor in whether or not to apply. Otherwise, though, you do not know enough information about what you will be getting financially before you apply to the school.

Sports and Other Social Events

This goes along with the whole idea of enjoying yourself at school. Are you a sports fanatic or could you care less? Do you care whether you’re at a big Division 1 powerhouse or would you be satisfied with going to Division 3 sporting events? Or maybe you like big social events like concerts or block parties. If these are important things to you then you should certainly look into which colleges host these types of events and which colleges don’t.

Campus Life

Do you have your heart set on being in a fraternity or sorority? Do you (or your parents) want you living in a dry (non-alcoholic) dorm? Do you want a campus that has facilities such as an extensive gym (most colleges will have some type of gym, but do you want just a weight room or also things such as an indoor track, an indoor pool, etc.), a student center, a library, etc.? These are questions you should be asking yourself and should be researching for each school if these are important things to you. The college you choose will probably be your home for 9 or so months out of the year, so you want to make sure that it has everything that you want it to have.

School Demographic

This may or may not be important to you, but it is something to consider. Would you rather be on a campus with more girls than guys – or vice versa? Or maybe you want to be at an all girls or all guys school. Maybe you are very close to your culture and you want to make sure that your ethnic background represents a good sized portion of the campus population. Or maybe you just don’t care, which is how I basically felt. Still, it is another criterion to look in to when looking for colleges to apply to.

An amazing service for finding whether or not colleges meet these criteria as well as others is The Princeton Review. It asks a variety of questions (many of them pertaining to the above categories) and then suggests schools that match to your answers. I would suggest using it as one of your primary tools for finding colleges to apply to.

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Average SAT and ACT Scores

Here is a list of the average SAT and ACT scores for about 360 different colleges.

College

SAT Math

SAT Critical Reading

SAT Writing (TPR Project Range)

ACT

Agnes Scott College

563

611

590-680

25

Albertson College of Idaho

567

584

570-660

24

Albion College

582

562

N/A

25

Alfred University

572

565

560-640

24

Allegheny College

608

605

600-670

26

American University

603

620

620-690

27

Amherst College

721

722

680-740

31

Arizona State University

559

547

550-630

23

Auburn University

569

553

560-630

24

Austin College

621

622

610-680

26

Babson College

655

597

600-660

N/A

Bard College

630

690

670-730

N/A

Barnard College

660

690

670-720

30

Bates College

672

670

650-700

N/A

Baylor University

601

589

580-660

25

Bellarmine University

576

576

540-650

24

Beloit College

610

640

620-700

27

Bennington College

560

640

620-690

25

Bentley College

623

576

590-650

N/A

Berea College

565

557

N/A

24

Birmingham-Southern College

589

608

600-680

27

Boston College

667

650

640-700

N/A

Boston University

656

643

630-690

28

Bowdoin College

690

690

660-720

N/A

Bradley University

564

552

570-650

25

Brandeis University

670

660

650-710

N/A

Brigham Young University (UT)

592

587

600-670

27

Brown University

700

690

670-740

29

Bryant University

569

535

550-620

24

Bryn Mawr College

645

668

650-710

28

Bucknell University

666

636

630-680

29

California Institute of Technology

N/A

N/A

700-740

N/A

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

639

594

590-660

28

Calvin College

605

599

590-680

26

Carleton College

N/A

N/A

670-730

N/A

Carnegie Mellon University

718

657

640-700

30

Case Western Reserve University

N/A

N/A

620-700

N/A

Catawba College

524

526

530-610

21

Centenary College of Louisiana

N/A

N/A

580-670

23

Centre College

603

612

630-700

27

Chapman University

598

595

N/A

26

Claremont McKenna College

700

690

670-720

30

Clark University

588

593

590-670

25

Clarkson University

619

574

570-650

25

Clemson University

617

587

590-660

26

Coe College

571

581

600-670

24

Colby College

678

676

660-710

29

Colgate University

675

666

650-700

29

College of Charleston

601

607

610-660

24

College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University

608

584

570-660

25

College of the Atlantic

586

624

600-680

28

College of the Holy Cross

629

631

620-680

N/A

College of the Ozarks

N/A

N/A

N/A

22

College of William and Mary

661

674

650-720

29

Colorado College

N/A

N/A

630-690

N/A

Colorado School of Mines

650

590

590-670

28

Colorado State University

561

553

560-630

24

Columbia University - Columbia College

703

706

670-740

33

Connecticut College

665

663

650-700

N/A

Cooper Union

710

680

650-700

N/A

Cornell College

623

616

600-670

26

Cornell University

N/A

N/A

650-720

N/A

Creighton University

605

600

600-670

26

CUNY - Brooklyn College

544

515

520-610

N/A

CUNY - Hunter College

545

520

530-610

N/A

CUNY - Queens College

535

500

510-600

N/A

Dartmouth College

719

713

680-740

30

Davidson College

656

659

650-720

28

Deep Springs College

740

760

700-760

N/A

Denison University

617

621

610-680

27

DePaul University

570

560

570-650

24

DePauw University

610

605

600-670

26

Dickinson College

634

640

630-690

28

Drew University

600

615

600-680

25

Drexel University

620

590

590-660

N/A

Duke University

N/A

N/A

670-730

30

Duquesne University

562

557

570-630

24

Earlham College

600

640

620-690

26

Eckerd College

562

576

570-650

24

Elon University

588

581

590-650

26

Emerson College

591

628

620-680

26

Emory University

700

680

660-710

31

Eugene Lang College/New School University

570

610

590-670

27

Fairfield University

608

592

590-650

26

Fisk University

484

492

N/A

19

Flagler College

560

568

590-650

24

Florida State University

584

580

580-650

25

Fordham University

606

606

600-670

27

Franklin & Marshall College

636

623

620-680

N/A

Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering

750

740

700-740

32

Furman University

N/A

N/A

620-690

N/A

George Mason University

555

548

550-630

N/A

Georgetown University

N/A

N/A

660-720

N/A

Georgia Institute of Technology

690

644

630-690

28

Gettysburg College

630

630

630-680

28

Gonzaga University

589

586

580-660

26

Goucher College

581

607

600-670

26

Grinnell College

683

684

660-740

30

Grove City College

636

635

N/A

28

Guilford College

546

574

560-660

24

Gustavus Adolphus College

620

610

590-630

26

Hamilton College

668

661

650-700

N/A

Hampden-Sydney College

573

571

570-650

2

Hampshire College

601

651

640-700

27

Hampton University

516

526

N/A

20

Hanover College

586

584

580-660

25

Harvard College

N/A

N/A

700-760

N/A

Harvey Mudd College

750

700

640-720

N/A

Haverford College

N/A

N/A

660-720

N/A

Hendrix College

609

642

620-700

27

Hillsdale College

610

660

630-710

27

Hiram College

566

573

570-660

24

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

600

550

590-650

N/A

Hofstra University

577

567

570-640

24

Hollins University

552

607

600-680

25

Howard University

538

544

500-690

22

Illinois Institute of Technology

675

620

610-680

28

Illinois Wesleyan University

640

638

620-690

29

Indiana University - Bloomington

560

544

550-630

24

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

534

543

540-610

N/A

Iowa State University

620

590

580-670

24

Ithaca College

596

594

590-660

N/A

James Madison University

583

579

580-650

N/A

Johns Hopkins University

706

680

660-720

29

Juniata College

582

580

580-650

N/A

Kalamazoo College

643

657

630-700

28

Kansas State University

N/A

N/A

N/A

24

Kenyon College

649

674

650-720

30

Knox College

615

635

610-700

27

Lafayette College

665

620

610-670

28

Lake Forest College

580

586

580-660

25

Lawrence University

625

625

600-690

27

Lehigh University

671

631

630-680

N/A

Lewis & Clark College

N/A

N/A

640-690

N/A

Louisiana State University

N/A

N/A

570-650

24

Loyola College in Maryland

610

606

600-670

26

Loyola Marymount University

583

573

580-650

0

Loyola University New Orleans

603

625

610-680

27

Loyola University of Chicago

575

585

580-660

25

Lynchburg College

516

516

530-600

22

Macalester College

660

684

660-720

30

Manhattanville College

550

560

550-640

24

Marist College

589

580

600-650

26

Marlboro College

590

660

620-690

28

Marquette University

591

587

580-660

26

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

755

712

680-740

32

McGill University

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Mercer University-Macon

587

588

580-660

25

Miami University

610

590

600-660

26

Michigan State University

579

556

550-650

24

Michigan Technological University

619

588

580-670

25

Middlebury College

710

720

690-730

30

Mills College

549

602

590-680

25

Millsaps College

590

593

570-670

26

Monmouth University (NJ)

534

525

540-600

23

Montana Tech of the University of Montana

539

530

530-620

22

Moravian College

569

563

570-630

N/A

Mount Holyoke College

625

648

640-700

28

Muhlenberg College

612

608

600-670

N/A

New College of Florida

639

676

650-710

27

New Jersey Institute of Technology

608

544

550-630

N/A

New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology

612

596

600-680

26

New York University

660

658

640-700

29

North Carolina State University

613

580

580-650

25

Northeastern University

615

596

600-670

26

Northwestern University

702

687

670-720

30

Oberlin College

656

683

N/A

30

Oglethorpe University

603

617

600-670

26

Ohio Northern University

600

570

570-650

25

Ohio State University - Columbus

604

581

570-650

26

Ohio University-Athens

550

550

550-630

23

Ohio Wesleyan University

605

606

600-670

27

Penn State University Park

617

593

580-650

N/A

Pepperdine University

628

612

600-670

26

Pitzer College

N/A

N/A

620-680

N/A

Pomona College

730

730

690-740

32

Princeton University

N/A

N/A

680-740

N/A

Providence College

604

597

600-660

25

Purdue University-West Lafayette

591

558

560-640

25

Quinnipiac University

560

555

570-620

24

Randolph-Macon College

553

561

570-630

N/A

Randolph-Macon Woman's College

564

603

590-670

24

Reed College

661

698

670-730

30

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

687

633

620-690

26

Rhodes College

636

646

630-690

28

Rice University

N/A

N/A

670-740

N/A

Rider University

529

530

530-610

N/A

Ripon College

535

550

560-620

23

Rochester Institute of Technology

N/A

N/A

590-660

N/A

Rollins College

592

592

590-660

N/A

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

680

620

610-680

29

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - New Brunswick/Piscataway Campus

N/A

N/A

590-660

N/A

Saint Anselm College

556

551

570-630

23

Saint Louis University

N/A

N/A

N/A

26

Saint Mary's College of California

551

544

560-620

N/A

Saint Michael's College

561

563

570-640

N/A

Saint Olaf College

640

650

630-700

27

Salisbury University

568

553

570-620

N/A

Samford University

572

578

560-650

25

Santa Clara University

613

592

600-660

26

Sarah Lawrence College

N/A

N/A

650-700

N/A

Scripps College

653

681

650-720

N/A

Seattle University

570

572

570-650

24

Seton Hall University

553

549

550-630

N/A

Sewanee - The University of the South

N/A

N/A

620-670

N/A

Siena College

569

554

570-620

25

Simmons College

539

558

570-640

24

Simon's Rock College of Bard

615

650

630-700

27

Skidmore College

624

626

620-680

27

Smith College

620

640

620-700

27

Sonoma State University

524

519

530-610

22

Southern Methodist University

N/A

N/A

590-660

N/A

Southwestern University

624

634

620-690

27

Spelman College

536

547

560-620

22

St. Bonaventure University

535

524

540-620

22

St. John's College (MD)

N/A

N/A

670-740

N/A

St. John's College (NM)

610

700

650-720

28

St. John's University

535

516

530-610

N/A

St. Lawrence University

580

583

580-650

25

St. Mary's College of Maryland

616

631

620-690

N/A

Stanford University

N/A

N/A

680-740

N/A

Stephens College

525

574

590-640

24

Stevens Institute of Technology

N/A

N/A

600-680

N/A

Suffolk University

497

506

520-600

N/A

SUNY at Albany

N/A

N/A

570-630

N/A

SUNY at Binghamton

643

607

610-670

26

SUNY at Buffalo

584

556

570-640

24

SUNY at Stony Brook

611

565

570-650

N/A

SUNY College at Geneseo

631

621

630-680

27

SUNY--Purchase College

543

576

570-650

N/A

Susquehanna University

N/A

N/A

580-650

N/A

Swarthmore College

711

719

680-740

N/A

Sweet Briar College

548

586

N/A

23

Syracuse University

N/A

N/A

610-670

N/A

Temple University

N/A

N/A

550-620

N/A

Texas A&M University-College Station

605

578

570-660

25

Texas Christian University

N/A

N/A

580-650

N/A

The Catholic University of America

577

590

570-660

24

The College of New Jersey

639

622

N/A

N/A

The College of Wooster

598

606

590-680

26

The Evergreen State College

539

587

580-670

23

The George Washington University

620

620

620-690

26

The University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa

561

553

550-650

24

The University of Scranton

562

559

570-630

N/A

The University of South Dakota

N/A

N/A

530-640

23

The University of Texas at Austin

627

603

590-670

26

The University of Tulsa

610

610

590-690

26

Transylvania University

590

590

590-670

26

Trinity College (CT)

660

650

620-700

27

Trinity University

653

643

630-690

29

Truman State University

620

622

610-680

27

Tufts University

N/A

N/A

660-720

N/A

Tulane University

653

667

N/A

30

Union College (NY)

640

610

610-670

27

United States Air Force Academy

663

629

620-680

29

United States Coast Guard Academy

649

621

620-680

27

United States Merchant Marine Academy

625

630

610-690

28

United States Military Academy

641

627

610-670

28

United States Naval Academy

670

648

620-680

N/A

University of Arizona

563

552

550-640

23

University of Arkansas-Fayetteville

580

580

570-670

25

University of California, Berkeley

671

629

620-700

N/A

University of California-Davis

608

562

550-650

24

University of California-Los Angeles

660

629

610-690

27

University of California-Riverside

560

514

530-610

21

University of California-San Diego

646

593

590-670

25

University of California-Santa Barbara

603

579

310-660

25

University of California-Santa Cruz

573

564

570-660

23

University of Central Florida

597

589

590-650

26

University of Chicago

N/A

N/A

680-740

N/A

University of Colorado, Boulder

596

579

580-650

25

University of Connecticut

597

580

580-650

N/A

University of Dallas

590

614

600-680

25

University of Dayton

583

568

570-650

25

University of Delaware

N/A

N/A

590-650

N/A

University of Denver

576

570

570-650

25

University of Florida

N/A

N/A

600-670

N/A

University of Georgia

618

616

600-670

27

University of Hawaii-Manoa

568

537

540-620

23

University of Idaho

559

549

550-640

23

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

674

614

600-680

28

University of Iowa

N/A

N/A

580-670

N/A

University of Kansas

N/A

N/A

N/A

24

University of Kentucky

570

564

570-650

24

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

N/A

N/A

N/A

21

University of Maine

543

539

540-620

24

University of Mary Washington

602

628

620-680

27

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

624

597

590-670

25

University of Maryland-College Park

N/A

N/A

600-680

N/A

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

576

561

570-640

N/A

University of Miami

N/A

N/A

610-680

N/A

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

N/A

N/A

620-680

N/A

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

615

595

590-670

25

University of Mississippi

N/A

N/A

N/A

23

University of Missouri-Rolla

N/A

N/A

N/A

27

University of Montana - Missoula

540

547

N/A

23

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

596

576

570-660

25

University of New Hampshire

561

550

560-640

N/A

University of New Mexico

529

536

540-630

22

University of New Orleans

517

524

520-620

21

University of North Carolina at Asheville

576

593

590-670

24

University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

649

638

620-690

27

University of North Carolina-Greensboro

523

522

530-610

N/A

University of North Dakota

N/A

N/A

N/A

23

University of Notre Dame

693

676

650-720

31

University of Oklahoma

597

589

N/A

26

University of Oregon

559

555

N/A

N/A

University of Pennsylvania

718

694

670-720

30

University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus

621

610

600-670

26

University of Puget Sound

621

631

N/A

27

University of Redlands

580

584

590-660

24

University of Rhode Island

568

556

570-630

24

University of Richmond

N/A

N/A

650-690

N/A

University of Rochester

687

665

630-700

30

University of San Diego

595

570

580-650

26

University of San Francisco

N/A

N/A

570-650

N/A

University of South Carolina Columbia

582

569

570-650

24

University of South Florida

545

540

550-620

23

University of Southern California

685

665

650-700

29

University of Tennessee - Knoxville

549

551

560-640

25

University of the Pacific

600

574

570-650

25

University of Toronto

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

University of Utah

N/A

N/A

N/A

24

University of Vermont

578

577

580-650

24

University of Virginia

671

659

640-700

28

University of Washington

N/A

N/A

570-660

N/A

University of Wisconsin-Madison

649

611

600-680

28

University of Wyoming

544

535

540-630

23

Ursinus College

609

605

600-670

26

Valparaiso University

587

578

580-650

26

Vanderbilt University

N/A

N/A

650-700

N/A

Vassar College

679

698

670-720

30

Villanova University

633

605

620-670

27

Virginia Tech

611

587

590-650

25

Wabash College

604

592

580-670

26

Wagner College

560

560

580-650

26

Wake Forest University

N/A

N/A

640-700

N/A

Warren Wilson College

563

605

600-680

24

Washington and Lee University

N/A

N/A

670-720

N/A

Washington State University

545

527

530-620

23

Washington University in St. Louis

N/A

N/A

670-720

N/A

Webb Institute

740

680

660-700

N/A

Wellesley College

678

689

660-720

29

Wells College

530

580

570-660

24

Wesleyan College

562

574

560-650

24

Wesleyan University

700

700

670-730

32

West Virginia University

543

529

540-610

23

Westminster College (PA)

543

544

550-620

24

Wheaton College (IL)

655

664

650-710

29

Wheaton College (MA)

610

620

600-670

27

Whitman College

619

612

640-700

26

Whittier College

553

547

540-620

23

Willamette University

628

619

620-680

27

William Jewell College

N/A

N/A

600-700

25

Williams College

708

705

670-740

32

Wittenberg University

568

566

570-650

24

Wofford College

631

616

610-680

25

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

674

620

610-680

29

Xavier University (OH)

588

583

580-660

26

Xavier University of Louisiana

487

492

510-530

21

Yale University

N/A

N/A

690-750

N/A



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