Ripon College - 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
  4	School's Recommendation
  3	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
  I	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  I	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 3.3.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	49%
  Second fifth	27%
  Third fifth	18%
  Fourth fifth	5%
  Bottom fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• 35% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 65% 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 80%, SAT math scores over 500 88%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 48%, SAT math scores over 600 56%, ACT scores over 24 50%, SAT verbal scores over 700 4%, SAT math scores over 700 12%, ACT scores over 30 7%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	9%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	44%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	46%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	1%