University of Puget Sound - 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
  5	Class Rank
  3	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
  C	Extracurricular participation
  E	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  I	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.55.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	44%
  Top quarter	76%
  Top half	97%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• 97% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 44% 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 98%, SAT math scores over 500 96%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 70%, SAT math scores over 600 64%, ACT scores over 24 83%, SAT verbal scores over 700 16%, SAT math scores over 700 11%, ACT scores over 30 21%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	16%	16%	n/a
  24-29	53%	48%	n/a
  18-23	28%	33%	n/a
  12-17	3%	3%	n/a