Kendall College of Art and Design - 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
  5	portfolio
  N	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
  I	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  E	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  I	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 2.72.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	6%
  Second fifth	24%
  Third fifth	14%
  Fourth fifth	15%
  Bottom fifth	14%
  Unknown	27%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 9% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 65% 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 50%, SAT math scores over 500 35%, SAT verbal scores over 600 7%, SAT math scores over 600 7%, SAT verbal scores over 700 0%, SAT math scores over 700 0%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	5%	n/a	2%
  24-29	17%	9%	18%
  18-23	40%	37%	51%
  12-17	33%	51%	29%
  Below 12	5%	3%	n/a
  No score	n/a	n/a	n/a