Oberlin vs Lawrence AMA

BassTheatreMom
Thu, 20 Apr 2017 14:15:04 +0000

@friendbullwinkle First, I think this needs to be said: SAT scores are not intelligence tests. There may be a number of reasons someone scores higher or lower on the SAT. Spending thousands of dollars and many hours of test prep is a common occurrence for many of the high scorers we know around here. Music students tend to divert much of that money and time to lessons and practice. So I wouldn’t make the assumption that one school’s stuents are more bright and clever vs. compassionate simply based on SAT scores. It may be more indicative of willingness to work incredibly hard toward a goal than raw intelligence.

CMU posts the scores for each of their colleges, which is very helpfu. Search Carnegie Mellon Undergraduate Admission Statistics. You will see that the admitted fine arts students have lower SAT scores and GPAs than the others.

CMU is only place I have seen this broken down in this way, but maybe someone can chime in here about other schools that publish the breakdown. Good luck with the decision - my S is in the midst of making his decision for fall, too. It’s time to make a decision and move on to the next step!