Mercyhurst 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
  4	Class Rank
  2	School's Recommendation
  5	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
  E	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 3.39.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	19%
  Top fifth	34%
  Top quarter	42%
  Top half	80%
  Top three-quarters	97%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include Nontraditional/Part-time students.
• The following scores do not include Special program students.
• The majority of accepted applicants took the ACT test.
• 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 66%, SAT math scores over 500 65%, ACT scores over 18 93%, SAT verbal scores over 600 21%, SAT math scores over 600 18%, ACT scores over 24 29%, SAT verbal scores over 700 2%, SAT math scores over 700 1%, ACT scores over 30 2%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	1%
  26-29	n/a	n/a	11%
  21-25	n/a	n/a	44%
  16-20	n/a	n/a	43%
  Below 16	n/a	n/a	1%