University of Detroit Mercy - 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
  4	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
  I	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank for 1993

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

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	37%
  Second fifth	23%
  Third fifth	16%
  Fourth fifth	6%
  Bottom fifth	3%
  Unknown	15%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• 20% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 80% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:

  Score	Verbal	Math
  700-800	n/a	2%
  600-699	8%	30%
  500-599	31%	35%
  400-499	48%	27%
  300-399	11%	6%
  200-299	2%	n/a

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	5%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	41%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	44%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	10%