Centenary College of Louisiana - 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
  5	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  3	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
  I	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  N	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 3.48.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	60%
  Second fifth	19%
  Third fifth	11%
  Fourth fifth	7%
  Bottom fifth	3%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 56% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 85% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Policy changed to reflect recentering.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 79%, SAT math scores over 500 85%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 45%, SAT math scores over 600 45%, ACT scores over 24 68%, SAT verbal scores over 700 9%, SAT math scores over 700 10%, ACT scores over 30 16%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	12%	7%	16%
  24-29	57%	39%	44%
  18-23	27%	41%	36%
  12-17	4%	13%	4%