In 1994, the first year both numbers were tracked, the average SAT score was around the 78^th percentile and the average grade-point average 3.1. For this year's entering group, the average SAT score was around the 90^th percentile and the average GPA 3.6. To TFA, its corps members' perseverance and leadership skill have improved as markedly. During a recent interview on C-SPAN's Q&A, Kopp said, "Teach for America is recruiting as aggressively, maybe more aggressively, than any corporation in America."