East Tennessee State 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
  N	Character and Personality
  N	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 2.94.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	31%
  Second fifth	27%
  Third fifth	21%
  Fourth fifth	14%
  Bottom fifth	7%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 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: Contact the school directly.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 52%, SAT math scores over 500 47%, ACT scores over 18 85%, SAT verbal scores over 600 19%, SAT math scores over 600 14%, ACT scores over 24 29%, SAT verbal scores over 700 4%, SAT math scores over 700 2%, ACT scores over 30 3%
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	4%	4%	3%
  24-29	30%	16%	23%
  18-23	47%	51%	61%
  Below 18	19%	29%	13%