Because these seemingly small numbers are frequently misinterpreted, an additional analysis showed how the percentage of students succeeding at a high level (cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher) increases as SAT scores increase for students with a high school GPA of 3.7 or higher in colleges where the mean combined SAT score is below 1200, only 2 percent of the students at the lowest SAT level (800 or lower combined score) were highly successful in social science courses. At the highest SAT level, (1410-1600), 77 percent were highly successful.
