Fordham 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
  4	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
  C	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  I	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	52%
  Second fifth	29%
  Third fifth	13%
  Fourth fifth	6%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 91% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 9% 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 86%, SAT math scores over 500 84%, ACT scores over 18 96%, SAT verbal scores over 600 43%, SAT math scores over 600 39%, ACT scores over 24 64%, SAT verbal scores over 700 7%, SAT math scores over 700 4%, ACT scores over 30 11%