Parsons School of Design - 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
  2	Secondary School Record
  5	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  3	Standardized Test Scores
  1	Portfolio and home exam

• 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
  E	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank for 1993

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

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	30%
  Second fifth	26%
  Unknown	44%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• The majority of accepted applicants took the ACT test.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 57%, SAT math scores over 500 68%, SAT verbal scores over 600 25%, SAT math scores over 600 28%, SAT verbal scores over 700 6%, SAT math scores over 700 6%