Rivier 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
  3	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  5	Essay

• The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  I	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	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 2.6.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	27%
  Second fifth	30%
  Third fifth	29%
  Fourth fifth	11%
  Bottom fifth	3%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 85% 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:

  Score	Verbal	Math
  600-699	3%	4%
  500-599	14%	25%
  400-499	46%	43%
  300-399	34%	25%
  200-299	3%	3%