Barnard 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
  5	Class Rank
  3	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
  C	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  C	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 3.63.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	89%
  Second fifth	11%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include Special program students.
• 85% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 15% 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 99%, SAT math scores over 500 98%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 89%, SAT math scores over 600 86%, ACT scores over 24 91%, SAT verbal scores over 700 37%, SAT math scores over 700 29%, ACT scores over 30 33%