United States Military Academy - 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
  3	Secondary School Record
  2	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  1	Standardized Test Scores
  5	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
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	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	79%
  Second fifth	17%
  Third fifth	3%
  Fourth fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 62% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 38% 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:

  Score	Verbal	Math
  700-800	3%	24%
  600-699	27%	60%
  500-599	49%	16%
  400-499	21%	n/a

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	20%	35%	n/a
  26-29	55%	48%	n/a
  21-25	23%	17%	n/a
  16-20	2%	n/a	n/a