State University of New York College at Plattsburgh - 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
  C	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  I	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 85.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	20%
  Second fifth	38%
  Third fifth	27%
  Fourth fifth	7%
  Unknown	8%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The majority of accepted applicants took the ACT test.
• 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 66%, SAT math scores over 500 69%, ACT scores over 18 93%, SAT verbal scores over 600 16%, SAT math scores over 600 17%, ACT scores over 24 25%, SAT verbal scores over 700 2%, SAT math scores over 700 1%, ACT scores over 30 1%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	1%	3%	1%
  24-29	22%	27%	27%
  18-23	59%	61%	66%
  12-17	18%	9%	6%