Mars Hill 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
  4	Class Rank
  2	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
  I	Character and Personality
  I	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 2.9.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	26%
  Second fifth	28%
  Third fifth	19%
  Fourth fifth	14%
  Bottom fifth	3%
  Unknown	10%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 94% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 31% 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 47%, SAT math scores over 500 46%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 13%, SAT math scores over 600 11%, ACT scores over 24 35%, SAT verbal scores over 700 1%, SAT math scores over 700 2%, ACT scores over 30 6%