Montana State University-Bozeman - 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
  3	Class Rank
  N	School's Recommendation
  2	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
  N	Extracurricular participation
  N	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.19.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	32%
  Second fifth	28%
  Third fifth	21%
  Fourth fifth	14%
  Bottom fifth	5%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 42% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 72% 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 69%, SAT math scores over 500 75%, ACT scores over 18 92%, SAT verbal scores over 600 24%, SAT math scores over 600 31%, ACT scores over 24 42%, SAT verbal scores over 700 2%, SAT math scores over 700 5%, ACT scores over 30 5%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	4%	7%	5%
  24-29	31%	32%	38%
  18-23	48%	47%	49%
  12-17	16%	14%	8%
  6-11	1%	n/a	n/a