Virginia Military Institute - 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
  2	Class Rank
  4	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
  E	Character and Personality
  E	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 3.0.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top quarter	40%
  Second quarter	41%
  Third quarter	15%
  Fourth quarter	4%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 88% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 16% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: The minimum scores for admission went from 350 verbal to 400 verbal and from 350 math to 400 math. Consequently our standard score has been raised approximately 100 points.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 85%, SAT math scores over 500 89%, ACT scores over 18 97%, SAT verbal scores over 600 29%, SAT math scores over 600 37%, ACT scores over 24 42%, SAT verbal scores over 700 5%, SAT math scores over 700 3%, ACT scores over 30 7%
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	1%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	22%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	73%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	4%