University of Maryland Baltimore County - 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
  5	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  3	Essay

• The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  C	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.4.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	26%
  Second fifth	15%
  Third fifth	8%
  Fourth fifth	2%
  Unknown	49%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• The following scores do not include Nontraditional/Part-time students.
• 87% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 13% 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 89%, SAT math scores over 500 96%, ACT scores over 18 96%, SAT verbal scores over 600 46%, SAT math scores over 600 58%, ACT scores over 24 50%, SAT verbal scores over 700 9%, SAT math scores over 700 14%, ACT scores over 30 10%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  31-35	n/a	2%	1%
  26-30	10%	10%	7%
  21-25	43%	53%	68%
  16-20	38%	35%	24%
  Below 16	9%	n/a	n/a