CSU Long Beach SAT Scores

SoCalSweetie
Thu, 27 Dec 2012 02:16:07 +0000

When reporting data, they only care about the math-verbal/reading sections on the SAT. That means, it’s scored on a 1600 point score. Scores like 1000 would put it at or around the national average.

CSULB received about 70,000 freshman applications this year. Out of all of them, approximately 35-40% make it in each year, with at least 5,000 choosing to attend.

You have to keep in mind that CSULB is a back up for many–me included. It’s a great school, close to the beach (hence the nickname) and it’s smack dab in the middle of LA and Orange Counties. It’s also cheap–which makes it a popular choice for most low-income kids with high qualifications. With Long Beach, there’s a huge medley of applicants–so much so that it’s almost safe to assume you’re going to hit the national average anyways due to the distribution being so large.

In layman’s terms: don’t take too much store in state school’s SAT averages. They attract a different group of people than would Vanderbilt or some other hoi-poloi school.