Fairfield University - 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
  4	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
  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 2.7.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top tenth	18%
  Second tenth	18%
  Third tenth	14%
  Fourth tenth	10%
  Fifth tenth	5%
  Bottom half	5%
  Unknown/Unreported	30%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• 99% 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 91%, SAT math scores over 500 93%, SAT verbal scores over 600 45%, SAT math scores over 600 52%, SAT verbal scores over 700 6%, SAT math scores over 700 5%