State University of New York at Stony Brook - 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
  3	School's Recommendation
  4	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
  I	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.35.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	27%
  Top quarter	68%
  Top half	97%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include Special program students.
• 83% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 0% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Recentered composite score of 1100 now required for admission.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 73%, SAT math scores over 500 92%, SAT verbal scores over 600 25%, SAT math scores over 600 45%, SAT verbal scores over 700 3%, SAT math scores over 700 9%