Cornell 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
  2	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  5	Standardized Test Scores
  4	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
  I	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.47.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	56%
  Second fifth	26%
  Third fifth	13%
  Fourth fifth	3%
  Unknown	2%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 35% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 77% 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 73%, SAT math scores over 500 83%, ACT scores over 18 98%, SAT verbal scores over 600 48%, SAT math scores over 600 46%, ACT scores over 24 59%, SAT verbal scores over 700 9%, SAT math scores over 700 11%, ACT scores over 30 11%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	13%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	56%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	29%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	2%