Southwest Texas State 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
  3	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
  N	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  C	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	36%
  Second fifth	43%
  Third fifth	16%
  Fourth fifth	1%
  Unknown	4%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 82% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 55% 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 61%, SAT math scores over 500 64%, ACT scores over 18 91%, SAT verbal scores over 600 14%, SAT math scores over 600 15%, ACT scores over 24 26%, 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	1%	1%	1%
  24-29	25%	18%	21%
  18-23	54%	61%	66%
  12-17	19%	20%	12%
  6-11	1%	n/a	n/a