University of Tennessee, Knoxville - 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
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  3	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
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.21.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	43%
  Second fifth	28%
  Third fifth	19%
  Fourth fifth	9%
  Bottom fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 42% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 87% 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 70%, SAT math scores over 500 70%, ACT scores over 18 96%, SAT verbal scores over 600 28%, SAT math scores over 600 31%, ACT scores over 24 45%, SAT verbal scores over 700 6%, SAT math scores over 700 5%, ACT scores over 30 9%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  26-36	32%	25%	n/a
  21-25	40%	37%	n/a
  16-20	25%	35%	n/a
  11-15	3%	3%	n/a