St. Mary's College of Maryland - 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
  5	Standardized Test Scores
  2	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
  C	Extracurricular participation
  I	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 3.5.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	36%
  Second fifth	11%
  Third fifth	5%
  Fourth fifth	1%
  Unknown	47%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• 86% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 0% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum SAT I scores have been redefined.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 93%, SAT math scores over 500 93%, SAT verbal scores over 600 65%, SAT math scores over 600 54%, SAT verbal scores over 700 18%, SAT math scores over 700 8%