Point Loma Nazarene 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
  4	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  5	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
  N	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 3.43.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	37%
  Second fifth	21%
  Third fifth	12%
  Fourth fifth	7%
  Bottom fifth	3%
  Unknown	20%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 89% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 28% 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 77%, ACT scores over 18 96%, SAT verbal scores over 600 28%, SAT math scores over 600 31%, ACT scores over 24 45%, SAT verbal scores over 700 4%, SAT math scores over 700 3%, ACT scores over 30 6%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	3%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	31%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	51%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	15%