Santa Clara 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
  4	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  2	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
  I	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 3.45.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top quarter	56%
  Second quarter	19%
  Third quarter	5%
  Unknown	20%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have not been recentered.
• 99% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 0% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 89%, SAT math scores over 500 95%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 47%, SAT math scores over 600 62%, ACT scores over 24 81%, SAT verbal scores over 700 8%, SAT math scores over 700 14%, ACT scores over 30 15%