University of Hawaii at Hilo - 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
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  C	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 3.07.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	19%
  Top quarter	53%
  Top half	85%
  Bottom half	15%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 80% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 2% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 45%, SAT math scores over 500 49%, SAT verbal scores over 600 9%, SAT math scores over 600 11%, SAT verbal scores over 700 1%, SAT math scores over 700 1%