The Catholic University of America - 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
  E	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 3.32.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	47%
  Second fifth	31%
  Third fifth	17%
  Fourth fifth	5%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 91% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 16% 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 85%, SAT math scores over 500 83%, ACT scores over 18 94%, SAT verbal scores over 600 43%, SAT math scores over 600 36%, ACT scores over 24 53%, SAT verbal scores over 700 9%, SAT math scores over 700 5%, ACT scores over 30 8%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	13%	8%	17%
  24-29	50%	45%	51%
  18-23	30%	36%	28%
  12-17	7%	11%	4%