Ouachita Baptist 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
  3	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  N	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
  C	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.25.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	47%
  Second fifth	28%
  Third fifth	16%
  Fourth fifth	7%
  Bottom fifth	2%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 22% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 78% 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 77%, SAT math scores over 500 70%, ACT scores over 18 95%, SAT verbal scores over 600 36%, SAT math scores over 600 31%, ACT scores over 24 50%, SAT verbal scores over 700 7%, SAT math scores over 700 4%, ACT scores over 30 15%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	15%	9%	11%
  24-29	41%	29%	35%
  18-23	34%	48%	47%
  12-17	10%	14%	7%