Bennington 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
  2	Secondary School Record
  4	Interview
  3	School's Recommendation
  5	Teacher recommendations
  1	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
  I	Extracurricular participation
  E	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank for 1994

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

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	47%
  Second fifth	37%
  Third fifth	16%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 92% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 8% 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 95%, SAT math scores over 500 81%, SAT verbal scores over 600 64%, SAT math scores over 600 41%, SAT verbal scores over 700 19%, SAT math scores over 700 8%