College of Saint Benedict - 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
  N	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
  C	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.62.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	64%
  Second fifth	26%
  Third fifth	7%
  Fourth fifth	2%
  Unknown	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• 14% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 97% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 82%, SAT math scores over 500 84%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 56%, SAT math scores over 600 53%, ACT scores over 24 66%, SAT verbal scores over 700 15%, SAT math scores over 700 7%, ACT scores over 30 14%