Jackson State 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
  2	Secondary School Record
  4	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  1	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
  I	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank for 1993

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 2.5.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top quarter	35%
  Second quarter	34%
  Third quarter	26%
  Bottom quarter	3%
  Unknown	2%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• 3% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 97% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  24-29	6%	2%	3%
  18-23	31%	30%	33%
  12-17	56%	66%	63%
  6-11	7%	2%	1%