California University of Pennsylvania - 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
  1	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  4	Standardized Test Scores
  N	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
  I	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 2.7.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	15%
  Second fifth	27%
  Third fifth	26%
  Fourth fifth	22%
  Bottom fifth	10%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The majority of accepted applicants took the ACT test.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 36%, SAT math scores over 500 33%, SAT verbal scores over 600 8%, SAT math scores over 600 6%, SAT verbal scores over 700 2%, SAT math scores over 700 2%