Oglethorpe 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
  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
  N	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 3.62.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	72%
  Second fifth	18%
  Third fifth	8%
  Fourth fifth	2%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 88% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 54% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum recommended score is 1050R.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 94%, SAT math scores over 500 88%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 55%, SAT math scores over 600 43%, ACT scores over 24 76%, SAT verbal scores over 700 14%, SAT math scores over 700 7%, ACT scores over 30 20%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	14%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	61%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	25%