Colorado State 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
  2	Class Rank
  5	School's Recommendation
  3	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
  C	Character and Personality
  C	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	Percent
  Top fifth	51%
  Second fifth	34%
  Third fifth	12%
  Fourth fifth	3%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• The following scores do not include Nontraditional/Part-time students.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• 66% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 77% 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 75%, SAT math scores over 500 78%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 27%, SAT math scores over 600 31%, ACT scores over 24 53%, SAT verbal scores over 700 4%, SAT math scores over 700 4%, ACT scores over 30 7%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	6%	7%	6%
  24-29	45%	41%	50%
  18-23	42%	45%	42%
  12-17	7%	7%	2%