University of Wisconsin - Madison - 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
  2	Secondary School Record
  1	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  3	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
  I	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  I	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	80%
  Second fifth	19%
  Bottom three-fifths	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 55% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 65% 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 96%, SAT math scores over 500 97%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 69%, SAT math scores over 600 76%, ACT scores over 24 86%, SAT verbal scores over 700 25%, SAT math scores over 700 23%, ACT scores over 30 35%
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	14%	21%	19%
  24-29	56%	53%	61%
  18-23	25%	25%	19%
  12-17	5%	1%	1%