What are the median SAT scores and unweighted GPAs for selective schools?

Question

What are the median scores and GPAs for schools such as Carnegie Mellon, Rutgers and the schools in the UC system (UCLA, UC Berkeley, etc)?

I'm aware that admissions officers look at more than just GPA and SAT scores, especially at top schools, but what do you think is a minimum cut-off score and GPA?

By the way, I'm from out of state at all of the aforementioned schools, which makes it much more difficult to get into good public schools.

Answer 1

Yes being out of state is pretty ridiculously hard (especially for Berkeley, which is the hardest to get into if your not Californian) I believe for Berkeley the avg GPA is 3.7 and SAT would be somewhere in the 2000s? I'm not sure but there definitely isn't a preset cutoff.  

Answer 2

Carnegie Mellon

SAT Critical Reading: 620 - 720

SAT Math: 690 - 790

SAT Writing: 620 - 710

ACT Composite: 29 - 33

Rutgers (has 3 campus's this is the hardest one to get into)

SAT Critical Reading: 480 - 570

SAT Math: 500 - 600

SAT Writing: 490 - 580

UCLA

SAT Critical Reading: 570 - 690

SAT Math: 610 - 740

SAT Writing: 580 - 700

ACT Composite: 24 - 31

Boston University

SAT Critical Reading: 580 - 680

SAT Math: 590 - 690

SAT Writing: 590 - 670

Berkley U

SAT Critical Reading: 590 - 710

SAT Math: 630 - 760

SAT Writing: 600 - 720

Stanford

SAT Critical Reading: 660 - 760

SAT Math: 680 - 790

SAT Writing: 660 - 760

Johns Hopkins

SAT Critical Reading: 630 - 730

SAT Math: 660 - 770

SAT Writing: 630 - 730

Iona

SAT Critical Reading: 630 - 740

SAT Math: 650 - 760

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