Smith 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
  2	Class Rank
  5	School's Recommendation
  3	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
  I	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  C	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	84%
  Second fifth	13%
  Third fifth	3%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 96% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 4% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Contact the school directly.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 95%, SAT math scores over 500 95%, ACT scores over 18 98%, SAT verbal scores over 600 74%, SAT math scores over 600 61%, ACT scores over 24 88%, SAT verbal scores over 700 28%, SAT math scores over 700 15%, ACT scores over 30 35%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  33-36	7%	1%	4%
  30-32	28%	14%	22%
  25-29	53%	57%	65%
  20-24	11%	25%	8%
  15-19	1%	3%	1%