University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - 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
  1	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  1	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
  N	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  I	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	46%
  Second fifth	34%
  Third fifth	13%
  Fourth fifth	6%
  Bottom fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 18% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 95% 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 86%, SAT math scores over 500 89%, ACT scores over 18 95%, SAT verbal scores over 600 50%, SAT math scores over 600 61%, ACT scores over 24 61%, SAT verbal scores over 700 12%, SAT math scores over 700 20%, ACT scores over 30 11%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	7%	11%	9%
  24-29	42%	40%	46%
  18-23	39%	40%	39%
  12-17	11%	9%	6%
  6-11	1%	n/a	n/a