Thomas Aquinas 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
  2	Secondary School Record
  5	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  3	Standardized Test Scores
  1	Essay

• The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  E	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  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 3.49.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	18%
  Second fifth	13%
  Third fifth	5%
  Fourth fifth	3%
  Unknown	61%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 86% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 21% 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 500 100%, SAT math scores over 500 98%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 77%, SAT math scores over 600 60%, ACT scores over 24 90%, SAT verbal scores over 700 26%, SAT math scores over 700 6%, ACT scores over 30 30%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	14%	n/a	20%
  24-29	73%	53%	67%
  18-23	13%	47%	13%