United States Air Force Academy - 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
  1	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
  E	Personal essay
  E	Interviews
  I	Physical Fitness level
  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 2.75.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  First in class	10%
  Top tenth	66%
  Top fifth	89%
  Top quarter	93%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 50% 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: Contact the school directly.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 98%, SAT math scores over 500 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 66%, SAT math scores over 600 79%, SAT verbal scores over 700 15%, SAT math scores over 700 25%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	16%	35%	n/a
  25-29	64%	56%	n/a
  20-24	19%	9%	n/a
  Below 20	1%	n/a	n/a