University of Houston - 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
  N	Secondary School Record
  1	Class Rank
  N	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  N	Essay

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

  Rank	Criterion
  N	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

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

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	45%
  Second fifth	27%
  Third fifth	14%
  Fourth fifth	5%
  Bottom fifth	2%
  Unknown	7%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 89% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 37% 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 53%, SAT math scores over 500 63%, ACT scores over 18 83%, SAT verbal scores over 600 16%, SAT math scores over 600 23%, ACT scores over 24 23%, SAT verbal scores over 700 2%, SAT math scores over 700 4%, ACT scores over 30 3%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	5%	6%	5%
  24-29	27%	28%	27%
  18-23	48%	52%	61%
  12-17	17%	12%	7%
  6-11	1%	n/a	n/a
  Unknown	2%	2%	n/a