Southwestern Adventist 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
  N	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
  E	Character and Personality
  N	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 3.17.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	21%
  Second fifth	27%
  Third fifth	20%
  Fourth fifth	20%
  Bottom fifth	12%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 65% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 43% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum SAT I score requirements to get out of remedial classes have been raised.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 48%, SAT math scores over 500 32%, ACT scores over 18 84%, SAT verbal scores over 600 19%, SAT math scores over 600 6%, ACT scores over 24 21%, SAT verbal scores over 700 1%, SAT math scores over 700 1%, ACT scores over 30 1%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	5%	3%	3%
  24-29	25%	12%	29%
  18-23	42%	51%	50%
  12-17	25%	31%	18%
  6-11	3%	3%	n/a