North Central 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
  3	Class Rank
  5	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
  I	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  C	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	51%
  Second fifth	31%
  Third fifth	14%
  Fourth fifth	4%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have not been recentered.
• The following scores do not include Nontraditional/Part-time students.
• 29% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 95% 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 75%, SAT math scores over 500 80%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 30%, SAT math scores over 600 39%, ACT scores over 24 58%, SAT verbal scores over 700 3%, SAT math scores over 700 8%, ACT scores over 30 9%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	3%	4%	9%
  24-29	36%	31%	48%
  18-23	35%	39%	40%
  12-17	24%	23%	3%
  6-11	2%	3%	n/a