The University of Montana - 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
  4	School's Recommendation
  3	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
  N	Extracurricular participation
  C	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 3.34.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top tenth	21%
  Second tenth	42%
  Third tenth	37%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have not been recentered.
• The following scores do not include International students.
• The following scores do not include Nontraditional/Part-time students.
• 10% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 70% 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 68%, SAT math scores over 500 63%, ACT scores over 18 89%, SAT verbal scores over 600 26%, SAT math scores over 600 22%, ACT scores over 24 37%, SAT verbal scores over 700 4%, SAT math scores over 700 3%, ACT scores over 30 4%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	4%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	56%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	24%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	1%
  No Score	n/a	n/a	15%