State University of New York, Purchase 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
  5	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  4	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
  I	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 81.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	13%
  Second fifth	18%
  Third fifth	18%
  Fourth fifth	10%
  Bottom fifth	2%
  Unknown	39%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• 77% 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: Higher combined SAT I score is now required.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 78%, SAT math scores over 500 68%, SAT verbal scores over 600 33%, SAT math scores over 600 19%, SAT verbal scores over 700 5%, SAT math scores over 700 2%