West Virginia 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
  4	Class Rank
  3	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
  C	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 3.05.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	23%
  Top quarter	49%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 53% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 45% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum required scores were raised.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 57%, SAT math scores over 500 62%, ACT scores over 18 92%, SAT verbal scores over 600 13%, SAT math scores over 600 16%, ACT scores over 24 38%, SAT verbal scores over 700 2%, SAT math scores over 700 2%, ACT scores over 30 4%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	4%	3%	4%
  24-29	31%	20%	27%
  18-23	50%	53%	63%
  12-17	15%	24%	6%