University of Kentucky - 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
  N	Class Rank
  N	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
  N	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.4.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	30%
  Top quarter	63%
  Top half	90%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• The following scores do not include International students.
• 10% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 90% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score. SAT verbal scores over 500 78%, SAT math scores over 500 81%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 31%, SAT math scores over 600 39%, ACT scores over 24 53%, SAT verbal scores over 700 6%, SAT math scores over 700 8%, ACT scores over 30 9%
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  27-36	n/a	n/a	30%
  22-26	n/a	n/a	50%
  Below 22	n/a	n/a	20%