Columbia Union 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
  5	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  2	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
  C	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	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 3.17.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	23%
  Second fifth	11%
  Third fifth	16%
  Fourth fifth	3%
  Bottom fifth	8%
  Unknown	39%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have not been recentered.
• 61% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 54% 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 39%, SAT math scores over 500 31%, ACT scores over 18 74%, SAT verbal scores over 600 12%, SAT math scores over 600 7%, ACT scores over 24 19%, SAT verbal scores over 700 1%, SAT math scores over 700 0%, ACT scores over 30 0%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	7%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	28%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	43%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	22%