Maine College of Art - 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
  4	School's Recommendation
  5	Standardized Test Scores
  3	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
  E	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.6.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	9%
  Second fifth	25%
  Third fifth	17%
  Fourth fifth	17%
  Bottom fifth	8%
  Unknown	24%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 79% 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: Contact the school directly.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 62%, SAT math scores over 500 39%, ACT scores over 18 83%, SAT verbal scores over 600 21%, SAT math scores over 600 6%, ACT scores over 24 33%, SAT verbal scores over 700 2%, SAT math scores over 700 0%, ACT scores over 30 0%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  24-29	n/a	n/a	67%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	33%