Bethel 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
  3	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  1	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
  C	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	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 3.19.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	41%
  Second fifth	21%
  Third fifth	23%
  Fourth fifth	11%
  Bottom fifth	4%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include International students.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• The majority of accepted applicants took the ACT test.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum SAT I score requirements were raised.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 63%, SAT math scores over 500 65%, ACT scores over 18 84%, SAT verbal scores over 600 26%, SAT math scores over 600 26%, ACT scores over 24 40%, SAT verbal scores over 700 4%, SAT math scores over 700 2%, ACT scores over 30 12%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	9%	4%	12%
  24-29	42%	33%	35%
  18-23	33%	47%	42%
  12-17	16%	16%	11%