University of Rhode Island - 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
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  N	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
  I	Particular talent or ability
  I	Geographical distribution
  I	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.0.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	38%
  Second fifth	29%
  Third fifth	27%
  Unknown	6%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 95% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 9% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: SAT I minimum score requirements have been raised.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 74%, SAT math scores over 500 77%, SAT verbal scores over 600 25%, SAT math scores over 600 29%, SAT verbal scores over 700 3%, SAT math scores over 700 3%