Transylvania 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
  1	Secondary School Record
  3	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	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
  E	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	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 3.41.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top tenth	55%
  Unreported	45%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 58% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 96% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum recommended SAT I scores have been raised.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 85%, SAT math scores over 500 83%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 49%, SAT math scores over 600 51%, ACT scores over 24 73%, SAT verbal scores over 700 15%, SAT math scores over 700 11%, ACT scores over 30 18%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	16%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	62%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	22%