University of South Carolina at Aiken - 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
  C	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

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

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	13%
  Top quarter	36%
  Top half	66%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include Nontraditional/Part-time students.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• 90% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 3% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: School has gone to a formula policy rather than considering SAT I scores alone.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 47%, SAT math scores over 500 41%, ACT scores over 18 79%, SAT verbal scores over 600 10%, SAT math scores over 600 9%, ACT scores over 24 26%, SAT verbal scores over 700 1%, SAT math scores over 700 1%, ACT scores over 30 3%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  24-29	n/a	n/a	7%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	57%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	36%