West Virginia Wesleyan College - 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
  I	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  N	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 3.26.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	50%
  Second fifth	23%
  Third fifth	17%
  Fourth fifth	9%
  Bottom fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• The following scores do not include Special program students.
• 73% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 57% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Will recenter scores for admission and scholarships requirements.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 57%, SAT math scores over 500 55%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 16%, SAT math scores over 600 15%, ACT scores over 24 42%, SAT verbal scores over 700 1%, SAT math scores over 700 2%, ACT scores over 30 12%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	3%	2%	3%
  24-29	38%	32%	39%
  18-23	43%	44%	46%
  12-17	15%	22%	12%
  6-11	1%	n/a	n/a