David Lipscomb University - 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
  3	Class Rank
  5	School's Recommendation
  1	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
  I	Character and Personality
  E	Extracurricular participation
  E	Particular talent or ability
  I	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 3.2.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	38%
  Top quarter	59%
  Top half	83%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 34% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 92% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: We use the new score that is equivalent to the old standard.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 76%, SAT math scores over 500 70%, ACT scores over 18 93%, SAT verbal scores over 600 30%, SAT math scores over 600 28%, ACT scores over 24 48%, SAT verbal scores over 700 7%, SAT math scores over 700 7%, ACT scores over 30 10%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	9%	6%	10%
  24-29	39%	27%	34%
  18-23	41%	49%	47%
  12-17	10%	18%	9%
  6-11	1%	n/a	n/a