Adelphi University - Admission Criteria

• Academic ranking criteria for this college is listed below. Academic criteria are ranked in order of importance from 1 (Most important) through 5 (Least important) or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  1	Secondary School Record
  3	Class Rank
  5	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  4	Essay

• The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  C	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.12.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	38%
  Second fifth	30%
  Third fifth	19%
  Fourth fifth	11%
  Bottom fifth	2%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• 83% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 0% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 68%, SAT math scores over 500 69%, SAT verbal scores over 600 21%, SAT math scores over 600 24%, SAT verbal scores over 700 1%, SAT math scores over 700 2%