Whittier 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
  4	Class Rank
  2	School's Recommendation
  3	Standardized Test Scores
  5	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

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.0.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	38%
  Second fifth	21%
  Third fifth	15%
  Fourth fifth	8%
  Bottom fifth	2%
  Unknown	16%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 93% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 32% 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 69%, SAT math scores over 500 67%, ACT scores over 18 93%, SAT verbal scores over 600 28%, SAT math scores over 600 23%, ACT scores over 24 32%, SAT verbal scores over 700 6%, SAT math scores over 700 4%, ACT scores over 30 5%

  Score	Verbal	Math

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	1%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	32%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	53%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	14%