Abilene Christian University - 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
  3	Secondary School Record
  2	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  1	Standardized Test Scores
  5	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
  E	Extracurricular participation
  E	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 3.2.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top quarter	45%
  Second quarter	24%
  Third quarter	17%
  Fourth quarter	5%
  Unknown	9%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 52% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 93% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 73%, SAT math scores over 500 74%, ACT scores over 18 93%, SAT verbal scores over 600 33%, SAT math scores over 600 34%, ACT scores over 24 45%, SAT verbal scores over 700 8%, SAT math scores over 700 7%, ACT scores over 30 8%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	6%	5%	6%
  24-29	31%	19%	25%
  18-23	41%	50%	52%
  12-17	20%	25%	16%
  6-11	2%	1%	1%