Northwestern 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
  2	Secondary School Record
  4	Class Rank
  5	School's Recommendation
  3	Standardized Test Scores
  1	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
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.5.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	45%
  Second fifth	30%
  Third fifth	10%
  Fourth fifth	8%
  Bottom fifth	2%
  Unknown	5%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• 7% 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 81%, SAT math scores over 500 75%, ACT scores over 18 97%, SAT verbal scores over 600 53%, SAT math scores over 600 35%, ACT scores over 24 50%, SAT verbal scores over 700 12%, SAT math scores over 700 19%, ACT scores over 30 6%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  27-36	20%	14%	18%
  22-26	41%	34%	39%
  19-21	18%	20%	25%
  Below 19	21%	32%	18%