Marietta 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
  3	School's Recommendation
  2	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
  E	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  I	Geographical distribution
  E	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.12.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	47%
  Second fifth	25%
  Third fifth	9%
  Fourth fifth	3%
  Unknown	16%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• The majority of accepted applicants took the ACT test.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 66%, SAT math scores over 500 73%, ACT scores over 18 91%, SAT verbal scores over 600 25%, SAT math scores over 600 31%, ACT scores over 24 43%, SAT verbal scores over 700 3%, SAT math scores over 700 3%, ACT scores over 30 7%

• 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	34%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	53%