Providence 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
  E	Character and Personality
  E	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	52%
  Second fifth	33%
  Third fifth	12%
  Fourth fifth	3%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 98% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 7% 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 93%, SAT math scores over 500 93%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 45%, SAT math scores over 600 48%, ACT scores over 24 65%, SAT verbal scores over 700 8%, SAT math scores over 700 5%, ACT scores over 30 9%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	1%	6%	2%
  24-29	38%	32%	43%
  18-23	60%	56%	47%
  12-17	1%	6%	8%