Bentley 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
  1	Class Rank
  3	two letters of recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  3	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
  I	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 tenth	21%
  Second tenth	24%
  Third tenth	15%
  Fourth tenth	16%
  Fifth tenth	11%
  Bottom half	13%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 98% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 0% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 84%, SAT math scores over 500 97%, ACT scores over 18 95%, SAT verbal scores over 600 24%, SAT math scores over 600 51%, ACT scores over 24 55%, SAT verbal scores over 700 2%, SAT math scores over 700 6%, ACT scores over 30 6%