Prairie View A&M 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
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  5	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
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 2.0.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	11%
  Top quarter	35%
  Top half	54%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 46% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 24% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum SAT I score requirement increased from 700 to 880.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 16%, SAT math scores over 500 16%, ACT scores over 18 39%, SAT verbal scores over 600 2%, SAT math scores over 600 2%, ACT scores over 24 5%, SAT verbal scores over 700 0%, SAT math scores over 700 0%, ACT scores over 30 0%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  26-29	n/a	n/a	n/a
  21-25	n/a	n/a	9%
  16-20	n/a	n/a	60%
  Below 16	n/a	n/a	31%