The Citadel - 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
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  N	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
  I	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  I	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 2.80.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top quarter	25%
  Second quarter	31%
  Third quarter	25%
  Unknown	19%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 90% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 5% 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 67%, SAT math scores over 500 69%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 22%, SAT math scores over 600 21%, ACT scores over 24 34%, SAT verbal scores over 700 2%, SAT math scores over 700 3%, ACT scores over 30 1%