Loyola University, Chicago - 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
  3	Class Rank
  4	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
  C	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	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	53%
  Second fifth	27%
  Bottom three-fifths	20%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 47% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 91% 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 88%, SAT math scores over 500 84%, ACT scores over 18 96%, SAT verbal scores over 600 42%, SAT math scores over 600 42%, ACT scores over 24 61%, SAT verbal scores over 700 7%, SAT math scores over 700 7%, ACT scores over 30 10%
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	9%	11%	10%
  24-29	46%	43%	49%
  18-23	37%	40%	39%
  12-17	8%	6%	2%