Hardin-Simmons 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
  3	Secondary School Record
  2	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  1	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
  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

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.58.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	35%
  Second fifth	30%
  Third fifth	15%
  Fourth fifth	8%
  Bottom fifth	4%
  Unknown	8%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have not been recentered.
• 68% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 71% 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 57%, SAT math scores over 500 57%, ACT scores over 18 91%, SAT verbal scores over 600 15%, SAT math scores over 600 16%, ACT scores over 24 31%, SAT verbal scores over 700 0%, SAT math scores over 700 2%, ACT scores over 30 2%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  29-36	n/a	n/a	3%
  26-28	n/a	n/a	13%
  24-25	n/a	n/a	18%
  20-23	n/a	n/a	32%
  6-19	n/a	n/a	34%