Skidmore College - 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
  2	School's Recommendation
  4	Standardized Test Scores
  5	Essay

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

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

High School GPA and Class Rank

• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	27%
  Second fifth	18%
  Third fifth	10%
  Fourth fifth	2%
  Unknown	43%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 98% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 20% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 96%, SAT math scores over 500 96%, ACT scores over 18 97%, SAT verbal scores over 600 63%, SAT math scores over 600 63%, ACT scores over 24 81%, SAT verbal scores over 700 13%, SAT math scores over 700 9%, ACT scores over 30 11%

• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  31-36	n/a	n/a	2%
  28-30	n/a	n/a	14%
  25-27	n/a	n/a	23%
  22-24	n/a	n/a	41%
  19-21	n/a	n/a	16%
  Below 19	n/a	n/a	4%