Long Island University, Southampton 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
  5	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  4	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
  E	Extracurricular participation
  C	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 3.1.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	21%
  Top quarter	32%
  Top half	47%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 90% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 28% 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:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 72%, SAT math scores over 500 71%, ACT scores over 18 91%, SAT verbal scores over 600 29%, SAT math scores over 600 24%, ACT scores over 24 46%, SAT verbal scores over 700 5%, SAT math scores over 700 3%, ACT scores over 30 3%