Berea 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
  2	Secondary School Record
  1	Class Rank
  5	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
  E	Character and Personality
  E	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  E	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 3.2.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	41%
  Second fifth	26%
  Third fifth	16%
  Fourth fifth	5%
  Bottom fifth	1%
  Unknown	11%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

SAT verbal scores over 500 76%, SAT math scores over 500 71%, ACT scores over 18 96%, SAT verbal scores over 600 32%, SAT math scores over 600 27%, ACT scores over 24 49%, SAT verbal scores over 700 5%, SAT math scores over 700 3%, ACT scores over 30 5%
• 22% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 83% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  26-36	n/a	n/a	14%
  21-25	n/a	n/a	44%
  16-20	n/a	n/a	41%
  Below 16	n/a	n/a	1%