Clarke 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
  1	Secondary School Record
  5	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	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
  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 3.3.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	46%
  Second fifth	32%
  Third fifth	22%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 9% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 99% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: In fall 1995, Clarke College will require a combined SAT I score of 1000.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 68%, SAT math scores over 500 79%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 14%, SAT math scores over 600 19%, ACT scores over 24 62%, SAT verbal scores over 700 0%, SAT math scores over 700 3%, ACT scores over 30 3%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	1%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	44%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	48%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	2%
  No Score	n/a	n/a	5%