SAT Reasoning Test Score Trend 2006-2008

To all of you who just sat for SAT yesterday, all the best! Hope that it would be your best attempt!

Came across this blog post from College Confidential.

It shows the total number of applicants who are getting 750 to 800 for SAT each subject, as well as 700 to 749 for each subject.

Critical Reading (Number of Candidates with 750 to 800)
2006 - 25,944
2007 - 28,366 (Up 9.3%)
2008 - 24,569 (Down 13.4%)

Mathematics (Number of Candidates with 750 to 800)
2006 - 32,800
2007 - 35,136 (Up 7.1%)
2008 - 40,466 (Down 15.1%)

Writing (Number of Candidates with 750 to 800)
2006 - 17,510
2007 - 19,814 (Up 13.2%)
2008 - 22,035 (Down 11.2%)

Critical Reading (Number of Candidates with 700 to 740)
2006 - 43,049
2007 - 46,128 (Up 7.2%)
2008 - 45,360 (Down 1.7%)

Mathematics (Number of Candidates with 700 to 740)
2006 - 62,959
2007 - 54,108 (Down 14.1%)
2008 - 56,755 (Up 4.9%)

Writing (Number of Candidates with 700 to 740)
2006 - 37,848
2007 - 39,725 (Up 5.0%)
2008 - 41,332 (Up 4.0%)

It is interesting to see this, as total spots in all Ivy League + Stanford + MIT added up is not even 20,000, so if SAT is the only main indicator, then everyone who got in would be higher than 750. So, this further proves that they look at various indicators and not just SAT score.

Good Luck!
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