Gonzaga 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
  3	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 3.57.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	61%
  Second fifth	28%
  Third fifth	7%
  Fourth fifth	3%
  Bottom fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 71% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 29% 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 have been raised.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 87%, SAT math scores over 500 89%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 40%, SAT math scores over 600 49%, ACT scores over 24 73%, SAT verbal scores over 700 9%, SAT math scores over 700 8%, ACT scores over 30 15%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	10%
  26-29	n/a	n/a	33%
  21-25	n/a	n/a	46%
  16-20	n/a	n/a	11%
  Below 16	n/a	n/a	n/a