Gordon 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
  2	Class Rank
  5	School's Recommendation
  3	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
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	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	46%
  Second fifth	34%
  Third fifth	11%
  Fourth fifth	8%
  Bottom fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• The majority of accepted applicants took the ACT test.
• 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 93%, SAT math scores over 500 92%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 53%, SAT math scores over 600 51%, ACT scores over 24 86%, SAT verbal scores over 700 11%, SAT math scores over 700 5%, ACT scores over 30 19%