| sat mathematics (middle 50%)<\/td>\n | 660 – 790<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n so what does this mean for how to get into ucsd? if you’re applying for fall 2021, it doesn’t mean anything for your test scores—but it does mean that standards at the school are high. composite scores range falls in the 94th percentile of sat takers from the past three years. in other words, ucsd admitted students scored, on average, in the top 6% of sat takers.<\/p>\n the sections scores are similar. evidence-based reading and writing scores ranged (25th percentile to 75th percentile of admitted students) from the 83rd to the 97th percentiles, while math scores range from the 88th to 99th percentiles. keep in mind, though, that the average sat score at ucsd won’t be useful to future applicants except in showing that standards at ucsd are high.<\/p>\n if you got great scores on the sat or act, does that mean ucsd won’t be interested? not necessarily! you may still be able to use these test scores (among others, like ap scores) to help with course placement and scholarships (though not the uc regents and chancellor\u2019s scholarships<\/a>, also now test-blind)—so it still may be well worth your while to study for and take the exam.
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\n <\/p>\n however, it can be useful to know that, historically, ucsd accepted act scores<\/a> as well as sat scores<\/a>. however, their data on this is slightly more limited.<\/p>\n here are ucsd act scores they’ve released from the most recent admissions cycle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n| ucsd act scores: composite (middle 50%)<\/td>\n | 26 – 31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | | ucsd act scores: english language arts (middle 50%)<\/td>\n | 28 – 34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n what can we tell about ucsd act scores from this data? first of all, that the score range in the ela category is higher than the act composite score. this means that the non-language-based sectional scores (math and science) must be low to arrive at the averages. previous years’ data backs this up; in 2018, ucsd act scores for math ranged from 24-33.<\/p>\n as with sat scores, the primary useful information ucsd act scores can give applicants are around the competitiveness of the school as a whole. composite scores range from the 82nd to the 95th percentile. this is ever-so-slightly less competitive than sat scores, but barely. within ela, this places admitted students in the 88th-99th percentile range for english and 84th-97th percentile range for reading.
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\n <\/p>\n tough? definitely! but remember that ucsd is a pretty big school, and there are still lots of students who are accepted. for some context, think about it this way: admission data from the last cycle shows that almost 100,000 students (!!) applied. however, more than 32,000 were admitted.
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