Northeastern 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
  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
  I	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  I	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	31%
  Second fifth	28%
  Third fifth	16%
  Fourth fifth	7%
  Bottom fifth	2%
  Unknown	16%

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 Special program students.
• 98% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 10% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 85%, SAT math scores over 500 92%, ACT scores over 18 97%, SAT verbal scores over 600 36%, SAT math scores over 600 47%, ACT scores over 24 62%, SAT verbal scores over 700 5%, SAT math scores over 700 8%, ACT scores over 30 7%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	4%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	37%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	54%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	5%