Western State College of Colorado - 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
  5	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  4	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
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	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 2.84.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	11%
  Second fifth	22%
  Third fifth	23%
  Fourth fifth	19%
  Bottom fifth	7%
  Unknown	18%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• The following scores do not include Special program students.
• The majority of accepted applicants took the ACT test.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum SAT I score recommendation was raised.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 52%, SAT math scores over 500 49%, ACT scores over 18 81%, SAT verbal scores over 600 12%, SAT math scores over 600 11%, ACT scores over 24 18%, SAT verbal scores over 700 0%, SAT math scores over 700 1%, ACT scores over 30 1%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	1%	n/a	1%
  24-29	20%	13%	18%
  18-23	50%	62%	64%
  12-17	28%	25%	17%
  6-11	1%	n/a	n/a