Rutgers University - Newark College of Arts and Sciences - 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
  2	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  3	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
  N	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  C	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	41%
  Second fifth	35%
  Third fifth	12%
  Fourth fifth	1%
  Unknown	11%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 96% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 1% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 63%, SAT math scores over 500 72%, SAT verbal scores over 600 14%, SAT math scores over 600 26%, SAT verbal scores over 700 2%, SAT math scores over 700 4%