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@Jb926
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 • 2 years ago •
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What are the typical sat math and reading scores for top 100 engineering schools for 2022?

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@Liltrooper
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 • 2 years ago

I would break this down into 5 groups

1-20 - 750 EBRW 800 Math, schools like MIT, Caltech, Columbia, Cornell, UCBerkeley

21-40 - 720 EBRW 780 Math, schools like UMD, Other UC schools,

41-60 - 700 EBRW, 750 Math, schools like UPitt, Michigan State, Univ. of Florida

61-80 - 680 EBRW, 720 Math, schools like UMass, UConn, Syracuse

81-100 - 650 EBRW, 700 Math, schools like NJIT, Binghamton, UKentucky, BYU.

Other mitigating factors are race/demographics.

So if you are White or East Asian, you have to bump up the scores slightly because there is more competition. So at an Ivy League or Stanford, you might need a 1570-1600 composite or a 36 ACT score if you want to be admitted into the Engineering school. But if you are Black, LatinA or Indigenous then they might take you with a slightly lower score like 1480-1520 composite. If you are an international student they might give you a slight break on the EBRW score like 700-730 for a top school but you need a 790-800 on the math part.

Good luck.

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[🎤 AUTHOR]@Jb9262 years ago

So a 760 math might be the low end, so don’t submit? Looking at top 20 with a 1500 combined SAT.

@Liltrooper2 years ago

All top 20 engineering schools have smart math/STEM students who typically score 99% on their SAT or ACT math/science sections. So maybe 10-20 years ago a 760 was a great math score but not today. Prior to the SAT eliminating the SAT II subject tests which were much harder than the SAT, your top 20 engineering applicants mostly had perfect 800s on Math Level 2 SAT II subject tests.

[🎤 AUTHOR]@Jb9262 years ago

I know there’s no crystal ball, but “holistic approach” and a 760? It’s hard for me to not think submitting a 740 EBRW 760 math which is above the 25% in even the top 20 (mostly) shouldn’t be sent. I feel like admissions would assume it’s much lower than being literally 4 errors on the Math section.

@Liltrooper2 years ago

You asked specifically for engineering majors right? You are going to need a near-perfect math test score if you are going to meet the academic index for engineering schools. 1500 for top engineering schools worked 10 years ago, not today.

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@blohsh_13
27 answers, 97 votes
 • 2 years ago

Hi @Jb926!

On niche.com, they have Engineering universities rated 1 to over 100. When you scroll through the pages of this website, it will give you the acceptance rate, net cost, and the range of SAT scores for that college. https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/best-colleges-for-engineering/

Hope this was able to help you! Good luck!

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