Mercer 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
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	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 3.5.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	37%
  Second fifth	10%
  Third fifth	5%
  Fourth fifth	3%
  Bottom fifth	1%
  Unknown	44%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• 80% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 20% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 86%, SAT math scores over 500 89%, ACT scores over 18 98%, SAT verbal scores over 600 39%, SAT math scores over 600 42%, ACT scores over 24 60%, SAT verbal scores over 700 7%, SAT math scores over 700 6%, ACT scores over 30 11%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  29-36	n/a	n/a	1%
  27-28	n/a	n/a	10%
  24-26	n/a	n/a	27%
  21-23	n/a	n/a	28%
  Below 21	n/a	n/a	30%
  Unknown	n/a	n/a	4%