Centenary 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
  5	School's 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
  C	Character and Personality
  E	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  N	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 2.57.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	18%
  Second fifth	17%
  Third fifth	16%
  Fourth fifth	15%
  Bottom fifth	3%
  Unknown	31%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• The following scores do not include International students.
• The following scores do not include Nontraditional/Part-time students.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• 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: Minimum SAT I composite score for merit scholarship consideration has been changed.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 30%, SAT math scores over 500 31%, ACT scores over 18 75%, SAT verbal scores over 600 8%, SAT math scores over 600 4%, ACT scores over 24 12%, SAT verbal scores over 700 0%, SAT math scores over 700 1%, ACT scores over 30 0%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  18-23	25%	50%	50%
  12-17	75%	50%	50%