Pacific 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
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  3	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 3.49.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	37%
  Top quarter	68%
  Top half	91%
  Bottom half	9%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include International students.
• The following scores do not include Nontraditional/Part-time students.
• 90% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 40% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: New conversion tables will be used to conform to old admissions standards. Minimum 1000 combined SAT I score required.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 75%, SAT math scores over 500 82%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 30%, SAT math scores over 600 29%, ACT scores over 24 53%, SAT verbal scores over 700 6%, SAT math scores over 700 4%, ACT scores over 30 9%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	7%
  26-29	n/a	n/a	20%
  21-25	n/a	n/a	46%
  16-20	n/a	n/a	27%