Austin 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
  2	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  3	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
  I	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  C	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	67%
  Second fifth	18%
  Third fifth	8%
  Unknown	7%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 89% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 50% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum SAT I score requirements were raised.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 92%, SAT math scores over 500 93%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 53%, SAT math scores over 600 53%, ACT scores over 24 73%, SAT verbal scores over 700 9%, SAT math scores over 700 11%, ACT scores over 30 17%