what is the average gpa?

<p>what is a safe gpa to have to apply to dartmouth or an ivy league college in general?
safe sat score?</p>

<p>The safest GPA you can have is an unweighted 4.0 and the safest SAT a 2400. </p>

<p>However, according to Collegeboard:

  • 62% of 1st year students had a h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
  • Middle 50% of First-Year Students:<br>
    SAT Reasoning Verbal: 670 - 770<br>
    SAT Reasoning Math: 680 - 780</p>

<p>Interesting Fact: Of the 14,000 applicants to the class of 2010, about 2,200 students had received an 800 on either the verbal or math portions of the SAT, more than the total number of students ultimately admitted.</p>