What is the average GPA and SAT score of accepted West Point cadets?

1. What the headline numbers look like

Multiple independent college‑admissions guides and aggregators converge on the idea that West Point cadets post very high GPAs and competitive SATs: CollegeVine reports an average accepted GPA ≈3.74 and an average SAT ≈1280 ^[3], while CampusReel and other profiles report an average or typical high‑school GPA at or near 4.0 for recent classes, with CampusReel stating over two‑thirds (70%) of the Class of 2026 had a weighted GPA of 4.0 or better and an “average high school GPA” of 4.0 ^[2]. For SATs, several sites place the average in the high‑1200s to low‑1300s and list middle ranges consistent with that ^{[4] [5]}.

2. How GPA is reported and why numbers diverge

Discrepancies in reported GPAs stem from weighted vs. unweighted scales and from different reporting years: some summaries cite a 3.9 average ^[1], others say “average unweighted GPA = 4.0” or that 60% of admits have perfect 4.0s ^[6], while some conservative estimates list averages nearer 3.7–3.8 ^{[7] [3]}. Because West Point attracts applicants who take advanced courses and because many third‑party sites convert school‑reported GPAs differently, the result is a cluster of high‑GPA estimates rather than a single definitive figure ^{[1] [7]}.

3. SAT scores: central tendency and the middle 50%

SAT reporting likewise produces a band more than a point: the Princeton‑style admissions profiles give a middle 25th–75th percentile SAT composite of roughly 1210–1420 ^[5], while niche and other aggregators show admitted SATs commonly between about 1200 and 1430 ^[8]. Other summaries list a mean/average in the 1280–1330 range ^{[3] [4]}, placing most admitted cadets comfortably above national averages but not all at the maximum 1600.

4. Percentiles, spread and what “average” hides

The middle‑50% SAT spread (1210–1420) and reports that a substantial share of admits have perfect or near‑perfect GPAs (for some cohorts) indicate that while a large fraction of appointees are essentially straight‑A students, there remains variability—some cadets fall below the 4.0 mark and some SAT scores sit toward the lower half of the published range ^{[2] [6] [5]}. Third‑party sites flag that West Point evaluates transcripts, course rigor, leadership, and physical/medical eligibility in addition to scores, so averages are only one piece of the selection picture ^{[9] [5]}.

5. Why sources don’t agree and whose figures to trust

Differences come from year‑to‑year class composition, whether GPAs are weighted, and whether sites report institutional self‑data or aggregated profiles; CampusReel cites recent West Point class statistics ^[2], Princeton‑style profiles publish percentile bands ^[5], and consumer sites synthesize older or third‑party data ^{[10] [8] [4]}. In the absence of a single, consistently published official “average” across every year in these sources, triangulating a range from several reputable aggregators is the most reliable approach ^{[2] [3] [5]}.

6. Bottom line for interpreting the figures

The most defensible short answer: admitted West Point cadets typically present high‑school GPAs clustered between about 3.7 and 4.0 (often reported as a weighted 4.0 average for recent classes) and SAT composites generally centered in the high‑1200s to low‑1300s, with a middle 50% roughly 1210–1420—numbers that reflect both academic excellence and a broader admissions review beyond test scores ^{[1] [2] [3] [5]}. This synthesis uses the available third‑party reporting; West Point’s own intermittent public summaries and differing GPA scales explain the remaining variance among sources ^{[2] [9]}.