Christendom 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
  2	Secondary School Record
  5	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  1	Standardized Test Scores
  3	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 for 1994

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.38.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	45%
  Top fifth	55%
  Top quarter	68%
  Top two-fifths	77%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 78% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 22% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: We expect higher SAT I scores.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 80%, SAT math scores over 500 85%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 54%, SAT math scores over 600 46%, ACT scores over 24 66%, SAT verbal scores over 700 26%, SAT math scores over 700 8%, ACT scores over 30 14%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  24-29	n/a	n/a	46%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	54%