<p>sv3a’s point is somewhat off. UVA’s applicant pool is sharply stratified: OOS applicants are held to a much higher standard than instate applicants. The average SAT overall might be ~1350 overall, but that is a composite score that includes instate and out-of-state averages, which are very different. The average SAT score for an instate applicant is in the upper 1200’s. For OOS students, it’s around 1400. An instate applicant with a 1300 IS competitive; an OOS applicant with a 1300 isn’t. Although the average SAT for UVA people coming out of sv3a’s school might be in the upper 1400 range, that is nowhere near the norm state wide. Even in northern VA, the average SAT score is in the 1300 range.</p>