<p>According to PR, Cal Berkeley’s top 25% SAT is 1450, UVA’s is 1430 and UMichigan is 1420, so it’s much closer to the bottom 25% of Harvard. I would say the top 10% of a solid state school may be smarter than the bottom 20% of Harvard because of cost, location, other reasons to not want to pursue a school like Harvard (not to mention that many Harvard rejects have the same stats as Harvard enrollees). I think it’s too extreme to say the top 10% of any state school has SATs above 1500 (the 50% range at Harvard) with the possible exception of Cal/Berkeley.</p>