Denison 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
  3	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  5	Essay

• The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  E	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  E	Particular talent or ability
  C	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 3.3.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	56%
  Second fifth	23%
  Third fifth	14%
  Fourth fifth	6%
  Bottom fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include Nontraditional/Part-time students.
• 81% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 61% 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 95%, SAT math scores over 500 96%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 51%, SAT math scores over 600 55%, ACT scores over 24 82%, SAT verbal scores over 700 12%, SAT math scores over 700 10%, ACT scores over 30 20%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  29-36	n/a	n/a	23%
  25-28	n/a	n/a	35%
  17-24	n/a	n/a	42%
  13-16	n/a	n/a	n/a