Wheeling Jesuit 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
  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
  I	Character and Personality
  I	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 3.2.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	38%
  Second fifth	31%
  Third fifth	19%
  Fourth fifth	9%
  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.
• The majority of accepted applicants took the ACT test.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Required minimum scores increased from 850 to 920R.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 61%, SAT math scores over 500 58%, ACT scores over 18 91%, SAT verbal scores over 600 14%, SAT math scores over 600 17%, ACT scores over 24 36%, SAT verbal scores over 700 1%, SAT math scores over 700 3%, ACT scores over 30 4%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	5%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	30%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	56%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	9%