How Do UCs Calculate/Use/Report SAT Scores?

onemoreinthenest
Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:17:31 +0000

Thanks MsSun…very helpful information/pointers! The reason I was asking is that I was trying to interpret what their reported 25-75 ranges mean.

One thing that puzzles me is why some schools, such as the UCs, would report SAT scores based on a single sitting (even though they have the information needed to report super scores), while other use SAT super scores to report higher average scores (and thereby increase their USNWR ranking).

One reason I could think of is that perhaps the UCs are more concerned with encouraging a broad range of students, including those without stratospheric test scores, to apply (which would actually be very admirable in my opinion).

As an aside, it would disappointing, but unfortunately not surprising, if in fact USNWR allows schools to use different standards to report their average SAT scores.