College of Saint Mary - 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
  1	Class Rank
  N	School's Recommendation
  1	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
  I	Character and Personality
  E	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  N	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 3.26.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	30%
  Second fifth	27%
  Third fifth	12%
  Fourth fifth	8%
  Bottom fifth	3%
  Unknown	20%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• The majority of accepted applicants took the ACT test.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	2%	1%	1%
  26-29	13%	13%	12%
  21-25	38%	36%	45%
  16-20	36%	38%	32%
  Below 16	11%	12%	10%