Southern California 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
  2	Secondary School Record
  4	Class Rank
  5	School's Recommendation
  3	Standardized Test Scores
  1	Essay

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

  Rank	Criterion
  E	Character and Personality
  C	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 3.35.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	40%
  Second fifth	30%
  Third fifth	15%
  Fourth fifth	11%
  Bottom fifth	4%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 75% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 25% 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:

  Score	Verbal	Math
  700-800	n/a	4%
  600-699	6%	7%
  500-599	18%	30%
  400-499	41%	32%
  300-399	28%	21%
  200-299	7%	6%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	2%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	10%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	78%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	10%