The Best Colleges for a 1200 on the New SAT

What colleges can I get into with a SAT score of 1200?

Important: If you took the SAT prior to March 2016, your test was scored on the old 2400 point scale. All SAT scores on this site have been updated to reflect the SAT 1600 point scale per the College Board's concordance tables.

With a 1200 on the SAT, these are the colleges you should have a chance to get into.

CollegeSimply analyzed the most recent published freshman class SAT scores for all U.S. colleges and found 1061 schools where a 1200 places you within or slightly outside the middle fifty percent of admitted students. The colleges are ranked by their position on our best colleges ranking and thus represent the better schools you may be able to get into and those which have historically accepted a 1200.

Is a 1200 on the SAT a good score? Yes, a 1200 is quite good. It places you in the top 76th percentile nationally out of the 1.7 million students taking the SAT this year.

For comparison purposes, a 1200 on the SAT converts to a 25 on the ACT based on the College Board / ACT concordance. Not all colleges report both SAT and ACT score admission data so you should check our comparable listings for both standardized tests to find academically similar schools.

What do these ratings mean?

College	SAT 25th	SAT 75th	Chance with 1200
Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus 1350 SAT Average Atlanta, Georgia	1160	1540	Avg -	16%	Chance
University of California Irvine 1325 SAT Average Irvine, California	1240	1410	Reach	21%	Chance
University of California Santa Barbara 1355 SAT Average Santa Barbara, California	1260	1450	Reach	17%	Chance
United States Military Academy 1350 SAT Average West Point, New York	1250	1450	Reach	5%	Chance
Rhode Island School of Design 1310 SAT Average Providence, Rhode Island	1200	1420	Reach	22%	Chance
University of California Davis 1310 SAT Average Davis, California	1200	1420	Reach	31%	Chance
American University 1330 SAT Average Washington, District Of Columbia	1250	1410	Reach	15%	Chance
St Olaf College 1335 SAT Average Northfield, Minnesota	1220	1450	Reach	29%	Chance
New York School of Interior Design 1105 SAT Average New York, New York	1010	1200	Avg +	46%	Chance
University of Washington Seattle Campus 1365 SAT Average Seattle, Washington	1260	1470	Reach	27%	Chance
University of Tulsa 1350 SAT Average Tulsa, Oklahoma	1220	1480	Reach	26%	Chance
Baylor University 1340 SAT Average Waco, Texas	1260	1420	Reach	20%	Chance
Muhlenberg College 1305 SAT Average Allentown, Pennsylvania	1210	1400	Reach	34%	Chance
Texas Christian University 1295 SAT Average Fort Worth, Texas	1200	1390	Reach	29%	Chance
Whitman College 1320 SAT Average Walla Walla, Washington	1210	1430	Reach	38%	Chance
Syracuse University 1320 SAT Average Syracuse, New York	1230	1410	Reach	30%	Chance
Penn State Main Campus 1315 SAT Average University Park, Pennsylvania	1230	1400	Reach	33%	Chance
University of Dallas 1315 SAT Average Irving, Texas	1210	1420	Reach	33%	Chance
Loyola Marymount University 1335 SAT Average Los Angeles, California	1250	1420	Reach	32%	Chance
Wheaton College 1315 SAT Average Norton, Massachusetts	1220	1410	Reach	33%	Chance
The College of New Jersey 1315 SAT Average Ewing, New Jersey	1240	1390	Reach	29%	Chance
Providence College 1310 SAT Average Providence, Rhode Island	1230	1390	Reach	34%	Chance
University of California Santa Cruz 1315 SAT Average Santa Cruz, California	1230	1400	Reach	34%	Chance
University of San Diego 1330 SAT Average San Diego, California	1250	1410	Reach	30%	Chance
Florida State University 1325 SAT Average Tallahassee, Florida	1260	1390	Reach	26%	Chance
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College 1335 SAT Average New York, New York	1260	1410	Reach	14%	Chance
Southwestern University 1280 SAT Average Georgetown, Texas	1180	1380	Avg -	33%	Chance
Austin College 1325 SAT Average Sherman, Texas	1230	1420	Reach	35%	Chance
The University of Alabama 1235 SAT Average Tuscaloosa, Alabama	1130	1340	Avg -	49%	Chance
San Diego State University 1255 SAT Average San Diego, California	1160	1350	Avg -	28%	Chance
Rutgers University New Brunswick 1355 SAT Average New Brunswick, New Jersey	1260	1450	Reach	37%	Chance
The College of Wooster 1325 SAT Average Wooster, Ohio	1220	1430	Reach	40%	Chance
Furman University 1345 SAT Average Greenville, South Carolina	1260	1430	Reach	39%	Chance
University of Denver 1320 SAT Average Denver, Colorado	1230	1410	Reach	40%	Chance
Illinois Wesleyan University 1350 SAT Average Bloomington, Illinois	1260	1440	Reach	39%	Chance
Earlham College 1355 SAT Average Richmond, Indiana	1260	1450	Reach	31%	Chance
State University of New York at New Paltz 1245 SAT Average New Paltz, New York	1170	1320	Avg -	36%	Chance
Yeshiva University 1350 SAT Average New York, New York	1230	1470	Reach	47%	Chance
Chapman University 1340 SAT Average Orange, California	1260	1420	Reach	34%	Chance
Purdue University Main Campus 1325 SAT Average West Lafayette, Indiana	1220	1430	Reach	41%	Chance
Howard University 1255 SAT Average Washington, District Of Columbia	1160	1350	Avg -	34%	Chance
University of Massachusetts Amherst 1335 SAT Average Amherst, Massachusetts	1250	1420	Reach	37%	Chance
Millsaps College 1280 SAT Average Jackson, Mississippi	1180	1380	Avg -	39%	Chance
Rochester Institute of Technology 1345 SAT Average Rochester, New York	1260	1430	Reach	35%	Chance
University of North Carolina School of the Arts 1250 SAT Average Winston-Salem, North Carolina	1150	1350	Avg -	27%	Chance
University of Central Florida 1300 SAT Average Orlando, Florida	1220	1380	Reach	34%	Chance
Spelman College 1210 SAT Average Atlanta, Georgia	1140	1280	Avg -	38%	Chance
Coe College 1265 SAT Average Cedar Rapids, Iowa	1140	1390	Avg -	49%	Chance
Virginia Military Institute 1255 SAT Average Lexington, Virginia	1170	1340	Avg -	44%	Chance
Gonzaga University 1330 SAT Average Spokane, Washington	1250	1410	Reach	44%	Chance

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