William Jewell College - 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
  E	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	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 3.54.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	54%
  Second fifth	29%
  Third fifth	13%
  Fourth fifth	3%
  Unknown	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 19% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 98% 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 80%, SAT math scores over 500 81%, ACT scores over 18 98%, SAT verbal scores over 600 34%, SAT math scores over 600 48%, ACT scores over 24 55%, SAT verbal scores over 700 14%, SAT math scores over 700 7%, ACT scores over 30 12%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	13%	9%	13%
  24-29	44%	36%	44%
  18-23	36%	45%	40%
  12-17	7%	10%	3%