Newberry 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
  E	Character and Personality
  E	Extracurricular participation
  N	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 2.82.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top fifth	23%
  Top two-fifths	55%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 85% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 15% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 35%, SAT math scores over 500 34%, ACT scores over 18 53%, SAT verbal scores over 600 7%, SAT math scores over 600 5%, ACT scores over 24 10%, SAT verbal scores over 700 0%, SAT math scores over 700 0%, ACT scores over 30 1%