Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus SAT Scores, GPA, and ACT (2026)

The middle 50 for Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus SAT scores runs from 980 to 1220, so a composite anywhere in that range puts you shoulder to shoulder with half of the students who enrolled. The average sits at 1116. Land near that number and your score reads as typical for the class, not a liability and not a standout. Admissions here are not a lottery: 74.7% of applicants got in during the 2024-2025 cycle. In plain terms, out of every 4 people who applied, about 3 received an offer. The numbers you bring matter more than any single polished detail, because the school admits most students who clear its academic bar.

This is a public university in Denver, CO with 10,519 undergraduates, a campus of moderate size in the middle of a major city. The section splits tell you where the range comes from. Reading and Writing spans 490 to 620 while Math spans 490 to 600, so the verbal side stretches 20 points higher at the top. Testing is optional here in the most recent federal data. That policy cuts both ways: nobody is forced to submit, but every score that does get submitted was sent on purpose, usually because it helps. A score inside the range still does real work on an application.

Read the range as 3 zones. Below 980, you are under the 25th percentile, which means 3 out of 4 enrolled students scored higher than you. With a 74.7% acceptance rate that is not fatal, but the score stops helping and the rest of your application has to carry the weight. Since testing is optional, this is also the zone where holding the score back and leaning on grades becomes a real option. Between 980 and 1220 you are inside the middle 50, competitive on the numbers and evaluated on everything else. Above 1220 you outscore at least 3 out of 4 admitted students, and the SAT becomes a genuine asset.

The sections are not symmetric. Reading and Writing tops out at 620 against Math's 600, so the verbal bar sits slightly higher here. Both sections share the same 490 floor. If Math is your stronger side, a 600 there already matches the 75th percentile. Prefer the ACT? The middle 50 there runs 23 to 32, and the same 3 zone logic applies.

Admitted students at Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus typically show up with an unweighted GPA somewhere around 3.3 to 3.7. That band is wide on purpose. A 3.4 earned in honors and AP sections carries the same signal as a higher number earned in the easiest schedule available, because readers weigh what you took, not just what you got. Context is the whole game with grades.

If your GPA sits at the lower edge of that band, the fastest offset is a strong SAT. Grades took 4 years to build and cannot be redone. A test score can move in a few months of focused work, and a composite above the 1116 average tells the same story a transcript would: this student can handle college material. At a school that admits 74.7% of applicants, that pairing is usually enough. Push the score up first, then let the two numbers argue for you together. A 3.3 next to a score in the upper half of the range reads very differently from a 3.3 standing alone.

Set 2 concrete targets. First, get to 980 or above, the 25th percentile: that keeps you inside the range and off the bottom quarter. Second, if you want the score to actively argue for you, aim past 1220, the 75th percentile, which puts you ahead of 3 out of 4 enrolled students. Between those 2 numbers, every 40 points is worth chasing, because each step moves you from surviving the comparison to winning it.

By section, that means roughly 490 or better in each to stay in range, and 620 Reading and Writing with 600 Math to hit the top quarter. Notice that the Math ceiling sits 20 points lower, so if verbal is your weaker side you can lean on Math to close part of the gap. Our score plans break those composites into weekly practice targets so the gap stops feeling abstract. Before any of that, take the diagnostic to find out exactly where you stand against the 980 floor. Do that this week, then build your plan from the result.