State University of New York College at Cortland - 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
  4	Class Rank
  3	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
  E	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  C	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 86.5.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	23%
  Second fifth	45%
  Third fifth	24%
  Fourth fifth	7%
  Unknown	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 88% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 29% 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 61%, SAT math scores over 500 72%, ACT scores over 18 98%, SAT verbal scores over 600 9%, SAT math scores over 600 13%, ACT scores over 24 40%, SAT verbal scores over 700 0%, SAT math scores over 700 0%, ACT scores over 30 1%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	1%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	50%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	48%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	1%