<p>ct,
Despite their similarly high numbers of Top 10% students, I highly doubt that the bottom of UC Santa Barbara’s class is remotely competitive with the bottom of Stanford’s class. </p>
<p>Consider how they compare on a metric that is probably far more illuminating as to the relative strength of their student bodies: their standardized test scores:</p>
<p>UC SANTA BARBARA</p>
<p>23 ACT 25th percentile
82% of students scoring below 30
26% of students scoring below 24</p>
<p>530 SAT CR 25th percentile
49% of students scoring below 600
14% of students scoring below 500</p>
<p>540 SAT Math 25th percentile
44% of students scoring below 600
13% of students scoring below 500 </p>
<p>STANFORD</p>
<p>29 ACT 25th percentile
30% of students scoring below 30
2% of students scoring below 24</p>
<p>660 SAT CR 25th percentile
8% of students scoring below 600
1% of students scoring below 500</p>
<p>680 SAT Math 25th percentile
5% of students scoring below 600
0% of students scoring below 500</p>