South Dakota School of Mines and Technology - 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
  N	School's Recommendation
  3	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
  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

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

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	24%
  Top quarter	51%
  Top half	83%
  Top three-quarters	96%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• 5% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 83% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:

  Score	Verbal	Math
  700-800	n/a	5%
  600-699	26%	58%
  500-599	11%	26%
  400-499	53%	11%
  300-399	10%	n/a

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	5%	11%	7%
  24-29	38%	44%	50%
  18-23	44%	40%	40%
  12-17	13%	5%	3%