Bellarmine 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
  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
  C	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 3.42.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	36%
  Top quarter	66%
  Top half	89%
  Top three-quarters	97%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 46% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 98% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Will have to raise SAT I required scores.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 77%, SAT math scores over 500 83%, ACT scores over 18 97%, SAT verbal scores over 600 39%, SAT math scores over 600 43%, ACT scores over 24 46%, SAT verbal scores over 700 7%, SAT math scores over 700 8%, ACT scores over 30 5%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	9%	3%	7%
  24-29	38%	32%	42%
  18-23	44%	52%	48%
  12-17	9%	13%	3%