Davidson 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
  2	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  5	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
  I	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	52%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include International students.
• 99% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 22% 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 99%, SAT math scores over 500 99%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 83%, SAT math scores over 600 85%, ACT scores over 24 90%, SAT verbal scores over 700 31%, SAT math scores over 700 30%, ACT scores over 30 40%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  34-36	n/a	n/a	3%
  31-33	n/a	n/a	24%
  28-30	n/a	n/a	33%
  25-27	n/a	n/a	32%
  22-24	n/a	n/a	5%
  19-21	n/a	n/a	3%