College Application Patterns Among Students Attending College and Beyond Schools
| 1976 Cohort | 1989 Cohort | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Sample (Percent) | Blacks and Hispanics (Percent) | Full Sample (Percent) | Blacks and Hispanics (Percent) | |
| Percentage of students submitting at least one additional application | 64.3 | 64.1 | 71.3 | 70.1 |
| Among those submitting at least one additional application | ||||
| Applied to a school with a higher average SAT score than the school attended | 53.7 | 49.0 | 55.0 | 48.4 |
| Percentage accepted to at least one additional school | 87.9 | 94.0 | 88.3 | 92.5 |
| Among those accepted to at least one additional school | ||||
| Percentage accepted to a school with a higher average SAT score than the one they attended | 35.0 | 40.2 | 36.1 | 40.3 |
| Percentage accepted to a school with an SAT score at least 40 points higher than the average SAT score than the one they attended | 22.6 | 28.2 | 23.0 | 27.4 |
| Sample size (unweighted) | 17,223 | 1,411 | 8,830 | 2,016 |
Source: C&B Survey.
Notes: Sample includes all survey respondents from C&B schools participating in this study. Means are weighted to make the sample representative of all students attending the C&B schools participating in this study.