Southern Connecticut State 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
  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
  N	Character and Personality
  N	Extracurricular participation
  N	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	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 tenth	4%
  Second tenth	8%
  Third tenth	9%
  Fourth tenth	13%
  Fifth tenth	13%
  Bottom half	31%
  Unknown/Unreported	22%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• 44% 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 50%, SAT math scores over 500 44%, SAT verbal scores over 600 9%, SAT math scores over 600 6%, SAT verbal scores over 700 1%, SAT math scores over 700 1%