Northern Illinois 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
  2	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
  N	Character and Personality
  N	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	25%
  Second fifth	36%
  Third fifth	27%
  Fourth fifth	10%
  Bottom fifth	2%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• 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	3%	5%	2%
  24-29	33%	30%	34%
  18-23	48%	49%	54%
  12-17	15%	16%	10%
  6-11	1%	n/a	n/a