The College of William and Mary in Virginia - 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
  5	School's Recommendation
  3	Standardized Test Scores
  4	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
  I	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

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

  Rank	Percent
  Top tenth	72%
  Second tenth	18%
  Third tenth	6%
  Bottom seven-tenths	4%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 100% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 2% 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 95%, SAT math scores over 500 96%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 81%, SAT math scores over 600 80%, ACT scores over 24 98%, SAT verbal scores over 700 36%, SAT math scores over 700 30%, ACT scores over 30 57%
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	68%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	23%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	9%