Southwestern 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
  5	School's Recommendation
  3	Standardized Test Scores
  4	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 3.4.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	46%
  Top quarter	81%
  Top half	97%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 95% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 56% 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 94%, SAT math scores over 500 94%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 63%, SAT math scores over 600 62%, ACT scores over 24 75%, SAT verbal scores over 700 14%, SAT math scores over 700 12%, ACT scores over 30 19%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	12%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	61%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	27%