Emerson 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
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  5	Essay

• The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  C	Character and Personality
  E	Extracurricular participation
  E	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 3.0.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	41%
  Second fifth	37%
  Third fifth	16%
  Fourth fifth	5%
  Bottom fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include International students.
• The following scores do not include Nontraditional/Part-time students.
• 86% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 13% 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 97%, SAT math scores over 500 92%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 61%, SAT math scores over 600 41%, ACT scores over 24 74%, SAT verbal scores over 700 14%, SAT math scores over 700 5%, ACT scores over 30 12%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  Above 28	n/a	n/a	6%
  27-28	n/a	n/a	24%
  24-26	n/a	n/a	23%
  21-23	n/a	n/a	30%
  Below 21	n/a	n/a	17%