Chapman 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
  1	Secondary School Record
  5	Class Rank
  4	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
  I	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  I	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 3.3.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	47%
  Second fifth	29%
  Third fifth	13%
  Fourth fifth	10%
  Bottom fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 79% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 31% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum combined SAT I scores for admission have been raised.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 88%, SAT math scores over 500 91%, ACT scores over 18 97%, SAT verbal scores over 600 39%, SAT math scores over 600 43%, ACT scores over 24 50%, SAT verbal scores over 700 6%, 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	2%	5%	1%
  24-29	44%	26%	40%
  18-23	43%	47%	56%
  12-17	11%	21%	3%
  6-11	n/a	1%	n/a