Franklin Pierce 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
  E	Extracurricular participation
  I	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 2.5.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top tenth	4%
  Second tenth	6%
  Third tenth	7%
  Fourth tenth	9%
  Fifth tenth	10%
  Sixth tenth	9%
  Seventh tenth	11%
  Eighth tenth	10%
  Ninth tenth	13%
  Bottom tenth	6%
  Unknown	15%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 75% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 0% 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 43%, SAT math scores over 500 36%, ACT scores over 18 65%, SAT verbal scores over 600 10%, SAT math scores over 600 7%, ACT scores over 24 14%, SAT verbal scores over 700 0%, SAT math scores over 700 1%, ACT scores over 30 0%