McPherson 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
  2	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  3	Standardized Test Scores
  N	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
  N	Extracurricular participation
  N	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank for 1994

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.12.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	14%
  Top quarter	34%
  Top half	76%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

SAT verbal scores over 500 46%, SAT math scores over 500 37%, ACT scores over 18 81%, SAT verbal scores over 600 6%, SAT math scores over 600 10%, ACT scores over 24 18%, SAT verbal scores over 700 3%, SAT math scores over 700 0%, ACT scores over 30 1%
• 5% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 95% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• 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	19%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	56%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	24%