Southern Methodist University - 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
  2	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  4	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
  C	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  I	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 3.2.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	53%
  Second fifth	29%
  Third fifth	15%
  Fourth fifth	3%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 94% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 55% 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 85%, SAT math scores over 500 91%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 39%, SAT math scores over 600 47%, ACT scores over 24 69%, SAT verbal scores over 700 7%, SAT math scores over 700 9%, ACT scores over 30 10%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	10%
  26-29	n/a	n/a	29%
  21-25	n/a	n/a	45%
  16-20	n/a	n/a	15%
  Below 16	n/a	n/a	1%