Valparaiso 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
  1	Secondary School Record
  2	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
  I	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

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

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	56%
  Second fifth	26%
  Third fifth	12%
  Fourth fifth	5%
  Bottom fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 48% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 58% 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 87%, SAT math scores over 500 89%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 46%, SAT math scores over 600 44%, ACT scores over 24 78%, SAT verbal scores over 700 10%, SAT math scores over 700 13%, ACT scores over 30 24%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	14%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	44%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	40%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	2%