Lyon 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
  5	School's Recommendation
  2	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
  I	Character and Personality
  E	Extracurricular participation
  E	Particular talent or ability
  C	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 3.465.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	51%
  Top quarter	84%
  Top half	98%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 13% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 96% 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 74%, SAT math scores over 500 74%, ACT scores over 18 98%, SAT verbal scores over 600 29%, SAT math scores over 600 33%, ACT scores over 24 66%, SAT verbal scores over 700 0%, SAT math scores over 700 4%, ACT scores over 30 8%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	16%	12%	12%
  24-29	57%	39%	61%
  18-23	26%	46%	27%
  12-17	1%	3%	n/a