University of Hawaii at Manoa - 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
  3	Class Rank
  4	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
  N	Character and Personality
  N	Extracurricular participation
  N	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 3.27.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	57%
  Second fifth	30%
  Third fifth	8%
  Fourth fifth	4%
  Bottom fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 98% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 2% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum SAT I requirements were raised.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 64%, SAT math scores over 500 82%, SAT verbal scores over 600 18%, SAT math scores over 600 32%, SAT verbal scores over 700 2%, SAT math scores over 700 5%