Missouri Western State 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
  N	Secondary School Record
  N	Class Rank
  N	School's Recommendation
  N	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	Percent
  Top fifth	17%
  Second fifth	21%
  Third fifth	18%
  Fourth fifth	13%
  Bottom fifth	8%
  Unknown	23%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• The majority of accepted applicants took the ACT test.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	1%	1%	1%
  24-29	16%	10%	14%
  18-23	42%	39%	49%
  12-17	37%	49%	35%
  6-11	4%	1%	n/a
  No Score	n/a	n/a	1%