Samford 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
  E	Character and Personality
  E	Extracurricular participation
  C	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 3.493.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top tenth	28%
  Second tenth	16%
  Third tenth	12%
  Fourth tenth	9%
  Fifth tenth	5%
  Bottom half	8%
  Unknown/Unreported	22%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 49% 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: Minimum combined SAT I score has been adjusted from 900 to 1000.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 81%, SAT math scores over 500 79%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 39%, SAT math scores over 600 34%, ACT scores over 24 61%, SAT verbal scores over 700 11%, SAT math scores over 700 7%, ACT scores over 30 14%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	14%	7%	12%
  24-29	50%	37%	42%
  18-23	32%	50%	45%
  12-17	4%	6%	1%