Seattle 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
  2	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  3	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
  C	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  C	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 3.27.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top quarter	53%
  Second quarter	31%
  Third quarter	10%
  Fourth quarter	6%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 80% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 20% 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 80%, SAT math scores over 500 83%, ACT scores over 18 98%, SAT verbal scores over 600 40%, SAT math scores over 600 36%, ACT scores over 24 65%, SAT verbal scores over 700 6%, SAT math scores over 700 4%, ACT scores over 30 11%