Manchester 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
  4	Class Rank
  2	School's Recommendation
  3	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
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

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

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	39%
  Second fifth	32%
  Third fifth	20%
  Fourth fifth	7%
  Bottom fifth	2%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 85% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 35% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum SAT I score raised to 900 from 800.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 54%, SAT math scores over 500 58%, ACT scores over 18 83%, SAT verbal scores over 600 14%, SAT math scores over 600 19%, ACT scores over 24 35%, SAT verbal scores over 700 2%, SAT math scores over 700 2%, ACT scores over 30 5%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  Above 29	n/a	n/a	4%
  25-29	n/a	n/a	23%
  20-24	n/a	n/a	43%
  15-19	n/a	n/a	27%
  10-14	n/a	n/a	3%