Salisbury 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
  3	Class Rank
  4	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
  N	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  C	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 3.3.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	28%
  Top quarter	64%
  Top half	94%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 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: The admissions criteria regarding SAT I scores has been recentered beginning Fall 1996.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:

  Score	Verbal	Math
  700-800	1%	4%
  600-699	10%	36%
  500-599	47%	49%
  400-499	39%	10%
  300-399	3%	1%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  29-36	n/a	n/a	3%
  24-28	n/a	n/a	31%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	60%
  15-17	n/a	n/a	6%