North Park 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
  2	Secondary School Record
  1	Class Rank
  5	School's Recommendation
  3	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
  E	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  N	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	Percent
  Top fifth	28%
  Second fifth	23%
  Third fifth	15%
  Fourth fifth	14%
  Bottom fifth	6%
  Unknown	14%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 17% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 85% 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 82%, SAT math scores over 500 80%, ACT scores over 18 89%, SAT verbal scores over 600 46%, SAT math scores over 600 38%, ACT scores over 24 42%, SAT verbal scores over 700 11%, SAT math scores over 700 9%, ACT scores over 30 9%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	7%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	32%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	44%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	17%