The University of Akron - 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
  3	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
  N	Particular talent or ability
  N	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 2.8.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	24%
  Second fifth	26%
  Third fifth	21%
  Fourth fifth	17%
  Bottom fifth	12%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 17% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 79% 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 49%, SAT math scores over 500 52%, ACT scores over 18 69%, SAT verbal scores over 600 14%, SAT math scores over 600 19%, ACT scores over 24 19%, SAT verbal scores over 700 4%, SAT math scores over 700 1%, ACT scores over 30 2%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	2%	3%	2%
  24-29	17%	14%	17%
  18-23	42%	42%	51%
  12-17	35%	40%	30%
  6-11	4%	1%	n/a