SAT Scores for Admission to Selective Liberal Arts Colleges

If you're wondering if you have the SAT scores you'll need to get into one of the selective liberal arts colleges in the United States, here's a side-by-side comparison of scores for the middle 50% of enrolled students. If your scores fall within or above these ranges, you're on target for admission to one of these highly-ranked colleges.

Realize, of course, that SAT scores are just one part of the application. Perfect 800s don't guarantee admission if other parts of your application are weak. Admissions officers will also want to see a strong academic record, a winning essay, meaningful extracurricular activities and good letters of recommendation.

To see a full profile of each college, click on the names in the chart below. You can also check out these other SAT charts (or ACT charts):

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2007-08 data from National Center for Educational Statistics

Top College SAT Score Comparison (mid 50%)
(Learn what these numbers mean)

	SAT Scores
	Reading		Math		Writing
	25%	75%	25%	75%	25%	75%
Bowdoin	650	750	650	750	660	750
Bryn Mawr	620	730	580	680	620	710
Claremont McKenna	650	750	650	750	-	-
Colby	640	720	640	710	630	710
Colgate	630	730	640	730	630	720
College of the Holy Cross	580	670	600	680	-	-
Davidson	630	730	640	730	630	730
Denison	580	690	570	680	-	-
Dickinson	600	700	590	690	-	-
Gettysburg	610	690	610	690	-	-
Hamilton	650	730	650	720	-	-
Kenyon	630	730	610	700	630	720
Lafayette	580	670	610	700	590	700
Macalester	640	740	630	710	630	730
Oberlin	640	740	620	710	640	730
Vassar	660	750	640	710	650	740
Washington and Lee	660	740	660	740	660	730
Wesleyan	650	750	650	740	650	740
Whitman	620	720	610	690	620	710