University of Texas at Dallas - 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
  3	Secondary School Record
  1	Class Rank
  N	School's Recommendation
  2	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
  N	Character and Personality
  N	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  C	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 3.2.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	61%
  Second fifth	26%
  Third fifth	10%
  Fourth fifth	2%
  Bottom fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 91% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 34% 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 81%, SAT math scores over 500 88%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 38%, SAT math scores over 600 52%, ACT scores over 24 56%, SAT verbal scores over 700 8%, SAT math scores over 700 14%, ACT scores over 30 12%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	21%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	50%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	29%