Bethel 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
  3	Class Rank
  4	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
  I	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.47.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	22%
  Top quarter	55%
  Top half	82%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 10% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 90% 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. SAT verbal scores over 500 43%, SAT math scores over 500 57%, ACT scores over 18 92%, SAT verbal scores over 600 14%, SAT math scores over 600 14%, ACT scores over 24 49%, SAT verbal scores over 700 7%, SAT math scores over 700 7%, ACT scores over 30 13%
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	11%	8%	4%
  24-29	41%	31%	41%
  18-23	36%	51%	52%
  12-17	11%	10%	3%
  6-11	1%	n/a	n/a