University of Chicago - 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
  2	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  5	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
  I	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank for 1996

• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	89%
  Second fifth	11%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have not been recentered.
• 90% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 43% 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 98%, SAT math scores over 500 100%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 91%, SAT math scores over 600 92%, ACT scores over 24 96%, SAT verbal scores over 700 58%, SAT math scores over 700 53%, ACT scores over 30 65%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	51%
  26-29	n/a	n/a	35%
  21-25	n/a	n/a	14%