Elmira 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
  2	School's Recommendation
  5	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
  E	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  I	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	40%
  Second fifth	24%
  Third fifth	11%
  Fourth fifth	7%
  Bottom fifth	1%
  Unknown	17%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 94% 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: Contact the school directly.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 67%, SAT math scores over 500 65%, ACT scores over 18 93%, SAT verbal scores over 600 22%, SAT math scores over 600 17%, ACT scores over 24 54%, SAT verbal scores over 700 3%, SAT math scores over 700 1%, ACT scores over 30 2%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	5%	6%	5%
  24-29	36%	34%	43%
  18-23	42%	40%	41%
  12-17	17%	20%	11%