<p>newma,</p>
<p>When I’m looking at the 2012 data for the Engineering school what I am finding is the following:</p>
<p>(note: Sorry for the formatting, It looks awesome on preview and no matter how I adjust it, it keeps bunching up when I post. If you can’t decipher this just follow the link above to COE/2012.)</p>
<p>SAT Scores and High School GPA of Fall 2012 First-time Freshmen </p>
<p>SAT Scores/GPA Mean Std Dev 75th Pctl 50th Pctl 25th Pctl </p>
<p>SAT Reading 600 85.40 660 610 560
SAT Math 685 55.94 720 680 650
SAT Writing 596 77.22 650 600 550
HS GPA 4.08 0.33 4.28 4.08 3.88 </p>
<p>AND</p>
<p>SAT Scores and High School GPA of Fall 2012 First-time Freshmen by Gender </p>
<p>Gender SAT Scores/GPA Mean Std Dev 75th Pctl 50th Pctl 25th Pctl </p>
<p>Female SAT Reading 599 80.84 660 600 550
SAT Math 665 56.46 700 670 620
SAT Writing 609 72.17 660 610 560
HS GPA 4.14 0.31 4.33 4.17 3.95 </p>
<p>Male SAT Reading 601 86.61 660 610 560
SAT Math 690 54.57 730 690 650
SAT Writing 593 78.19 640 600 550
HS GPA 4.06 0.33 4.26 4.06 3.86 </p>
<p>There are further breakdowns by ethnicity.</p>
<p>So yes, the 650 that was quoted several times BY ADMISSIONS (we didn’t pull this number out of thin air) appears to be the 25 percentile overall. Broken down we can see that the 25th percentile for females is 620, while the 25 percentile for males remains at 650. It would be a fair assumption that unless you have a hook (legacy, female in engineering, URM) that 650 is going to be an accurate number and that’s why admissions quotes that.</p>