Samuel Merritt College - 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
  3	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 3.19.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top tenth	21%
  Top quarter	43%
  Top half	79%
  Top three quarters	100%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have not been recentered.
• 100% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 38% 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 60%, SAT math scores over 500 100%, ACT scores over 18 80%, SAT verbal scores over 600 40%, SAT math scores over 600 20%, ACT scores over 24 20%, SAT verbal scores over 700 0%, SAT math scores over 700 0%, ACT scores over 30 0%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  24-29	n/a	n/a	20%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	80%