The Best Colleges for a 1290 on the New SAT

What colleges can I get into with a SAT score of 1290?

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 1290 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 966 schools where a 1290 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 1290.

Is a 1290 on the SAT a good score? Yes, you have many opportunities at very good schools with a 1290. It places you in the top 87th percentile nationally out of the 1.7 million students taking the SAT this year.

For comparison purposes, a 1290 on the SAT converts to a 27 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 1290
University of California Berkeley 1415 SAT Average Berkeley, California	1320	1510	Reach	9%	Chance
University of California Los Angeles 1390 SAT Average Los Angeles, California	1290	1490	Reach	10%	Chance
Scripps College 1425 SAT Average Claremont, California	1350	1500	Reach	16%	Chance
Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus 1350 SAT Average Atlanta, Georgia	1160	1540	Avg -	20%	Chance
Babson College 1380 SAT Average Wellesley, Massachusetts	1300	1460	Reach	15%	Chance
New York University 1435 SAT Average New York, New York	1350	1520	Reach	14%	Chance
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1415 SAT Average Chapel Hill, North Carolina	1330	1500	Reach	13%	Chance
University of California San Diego 1370 SAT Average La Jolla, California	1280	1460	Avg -	24%	Chance
Brandeis University 1425 SAT Average Waltham, Massachusetts	1340	1510	Reach	18%	Chance
Kenyon College 1410 SAT Average Gambier, Ohio	1320	1500	Reach	20%	Chance
Oberlin College 1415 SAT Average Oberlin, Ohio	1340	1490	Reach	18%	Chance
Lehigh University 1405 SAT Average Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	1330	1480	Reach	13%	Chance
Villanova University 1395 SAT Average Villanova, Pennsylvania	1310	1480	Reach	23%	Chance
University of California Irvine 1325 SAT Average Irvine, California	1240	1410	Avg -	32%	Chance
University of California Santa Barbara 1355 SAT Average Santa Barbara, California	1260	1450	Avg -	26%	Chance
Trinity College 1395 SAT Average Hartford, Connecticut	1320	1470	Reach	20%	Chance
Skidmore College 1365 SAT Average Saratoga Springs, New York	1280	1450	Avg -	17%	Chance
United States Military Academy 1350 SAT Average West Point, New York	1250	1450	Avg -	7%	Chance
Bucknell University 1390 SAT Average Lewisburg, Pennsylvania	1310	1470	Reach	19%	Chance
Lafayette College 1400 SAT Average Easton, Pennsylvania	1320	1480	Reach	18%	Chance
Rhode Island School of Design 1310 SAT Average Providence, Rhode Island	1200	1420	Avg -	30%	Chance
The University of Texas at Austin 1395 SAT Average Austin, Texas	1290	1500	Reach	25%	Chance
University of Richmond 1415 SAT Average University of Richmond, Virginia	1330	1500	Reach	18%	Chance
University of Miami 1385 SAT Average Coral Gables, Florida	1300	1470	Reach	24%	Chance
Trinity University 1380 SAT Average San Antonio, Texas	1300	1460	Reach	25%	Chance
Soka University of America 1355 SAT Average Aliso Viejo, California	1270	1440	Avg -	28%	Chance
University of California Davis 1310 SAT Average Davis, California	1200	1420	Avg -	41%	Chance
Occidental College 1410 SAT Average Los Angeles, California	1340	1480	Reach	23%	Chance
George Washington University 1410 SAT Average Washington, District Of Columbia	1340	1480	Reach	22%	Chance
University of Florida 1380 SAT Average Gainesville, Florida	1310	1450	Reach	27%	Chance
University of Maryland College Park 1425 SAT Average College Park, Maryland	1340	1510	Reach	26%	Chance
Denison University 1350 SAT Average Granville, Ohio	1270	1430	Avg -	28%	Chance
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo 1350 SAT Average San Luis Obispo, California	1270	1430	Avg -	27%	Chance
Pepperdine University 1355 SAT Average Malibu, California	1270	1440	Avg -	31%	Chance
American University 1330 SAT Average Washington, District Of Columbia	1250	1410	Avg -	24%	Chance
Bentley University 1355 SAT Average Waltham, Massachusetts	1280	1430	Avg -	33%	Chance
Mount Holyoke College 1415 SAT Average South Hadley, Massachusetts	1330	1500	Reach	32%	Chance
St Olaf College 1335 SAT Average Northfield, Minnesota	1220	1450	Avg -	38%	Chance
New York School of Interior Design 1105 SAT Average New York, New York	1010	1200	Good	58%	Chance
SUNY at Binghamton 1415 SAT Average Vestal, New York	1350	1480	Reach	19%	Chance
University of Washington Seattle Campus 1365 SAT Average Seattle, Washington	1260	1470	Avg -	37%	Chance
Ohio State University 1405 SAT Average Columbus, Ohio	1320	1490	Reach	31%	Chance
University of Tulsa 1350 SAT Average Tulsa, Oklahoma	1220	1480	Avg -	33%	Chance
Baylor University 1340 SAT Average Waco, Texas	1260	1420	Avg -	31%	Chance
University of Connecticut 1360 SAT Average Storrs, Connecticut	1280	1440	Avg -	37%	Chance
Emerson College 1345 SAT Average Boston, Massachusetts	1270	1420	Avg -	37%	Chance
Fordham University 1380 SAT Average Bronx, New York	1300	1460	Reach	32%	Chance
Muhlenberg College 1305 SAT Average Allentown, Pennsylvania	1210	1400	Avg -	46%	Chance
Clemson University 1365 SAT Average Clemson, South Carolina	1290	1440	Reach	34%	Chance
Texas Christian University 1295 SAT Average Fort Worth, Texas	1200	1390	Avg -	40%	Chance

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