Phillips 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
  3	Class Rank
  5	School's Recommendation
  2	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
  I	Character and Personality
  E	Extracurricular participation
  C	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 3.21.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	43%
  Second fifth	26%
  Third fifth	17%
  Fourth fifth	11%
  Bottom fifth	3%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include International students.
• The following scores do not include Nontraditional/Part-time students.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• 11% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 89% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum SAT I scores required have been raised.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:

  Score	Verbal	Math
  700-800	n/a	17%
  600-699	17%	34%
  500-599	n/a	33%
  400-499	67%	n/a
  300-399	16%	16%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	9%	5%	8%
  24-29	33%	35%	35%
  18-23	33%	29%	43%
  12-17	25%	31%	14%