Winston-Salem State 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
  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
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank for 1994

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 2.66.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	8%
  Second fifth	20%
  Third fifth	23%
  Fourth fifth	24%
  Bottom fifth	18%
  Unknown	7%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• 95% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 5% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum combined SAT I score requirement was increased.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT math scores over 500 15%, SAT math scores over 600 1%, SAT math scores over 700 0%