University of South Carolina (Columbia) - 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
  N	Character and Personality
  N	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	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 2.87.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	61%
  Second fifth	31%
  Third fifth	7%
  Fourth fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include Special program students.
• 96% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 2% 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 73%, SAT math scores over 500 78%, ACT scores over 18 96%, SAT verbal scores over 600 26%, SAT math scores over 600 30%, ACT scores over 24 40%, SAT verbal scores over 700 5%, SAT math scores over 700 6%, ACT scores over 30 8%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	6%	5%	3%
  24-29	34%	29%	33%
  18-23	40%	51%	50%
  12-17	19%	15%	14%
  6-11	1%	n/a	n/a