Eastern Mennonite 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
  4	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  2	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
  I	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  N	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 3.25.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	39%
  Second fifth	20%
  Third fifth	14%
  Fourth fifth	12%
  Bottom fifth	4%
  Unknown	11%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include International students.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• 88% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 10% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum recommended SAT I score increased to 880 from 750.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 62%, SAT math scores over 500 59%, ACT scores over 18 88%, SAT verbal scores over 600 32%, SAT math scores over 600 28%, ACT scores over 24 48%, SAT verbal scores over 700 11%, SAT math scores over 700 8%, ACT scores over 30 8%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	2%	14%	10%
  26-29	50%	29%	38%
  21-25	29%	33%	38%
  16-20	19%	24%	14%