Winthrop 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
  C	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  I	Geographical distribution
  N	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 tenth	23%
  Second tenth	24%
  Third tenth	17%
  Fourth tenth	13%
  Fifth tenth	9%
  Bottom half	6%
  Unknown	8%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• The majority of accepted applicants took the ACT test.
• 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 64%, SAT math scores over 500 65%, ACT scores over 18 97%, SAT verbal scores over 600 20%, SAT math scores over 600 16%, ACT scores over 24 31%, SAT verbal scores over 700 3%, SAT math scores over 700 2%, ACT scores over 30 2%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	1%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	9%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	53%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	36%
  6-11	n/a	n/a	1%