Washington and Lee 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
  2	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  4	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
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank for 1994

• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	91%
  Second fifth	8%
  Third fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have not been recentered.
• 82% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 18% 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 99%, SAT math scores over 500 99%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 89%, SAT math scores over 600 90%, ACT scores over 24 100%, SAT verbal scores over 700 36%, SAT math scores over 700 36%, ACT scores over 30 49%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	39%
  26-29	n/a	n/a	58%
  21-25	n/a	n/a	3%