Bowling Green State University - 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
  4	Class Rank
  3	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
  C	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.14.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top tenth	15%
  Second tenth	17%
  Third tenth	18%
  Fourth tenth	18%
  Fifth tenth	13%
  Sixth tenth	18%
  Unknown	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 24% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 88% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 57%, SAT math scores over 500 56%, ACT scores over 18 92%, SAT verbal scores over 600 13%, SAT math scores over 600 16%, ACT scores over 24 22%, SAT verbal scores over 700 2%, SAT math scores over 700 2%, ACT scores over 30 1%
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  26-36	19%	14%	16%
  21-25	39%	40%	49%
  16-20	37%	43%	35%
  Below 16	5%	3%	n/a