Guilford 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
  1	Secondary School Record
  2	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  5	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
  E	Extracurricular participation
  E	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 3.14.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	45%
  Second fifth	32%
  Third fifth	14%
  Fourth fifth	7%
  Bottom fifth	2%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 93% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 30% 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 83%, SAT math scores over 500 77%, ACT scores over 18 94%, SAT verbal scores over 600 45%, SAT math scores over 600 30%, ACT scores over 24 61%, SAT verbal scores over 700 8%, SAT math scores over 700 4%, ACT scores over 30 0%
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  29-36	n/a	n/a	20%
  25-28	n/a	n/a	40%
  21-24	n/a	n/a	25%
  17-20	n/a	n/a	10%
  Below 17	n/a	n/a	5%