Upper Iowa 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
  E	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank for 1991

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 2.75.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	5%
  Second fifth	15%
  Third fifth	40%
  Fourth fifth	30%
  Bottom fifth	10%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• 10% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 90% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:

  Score	Verbal	Math
  500-599	14%	6%
  400-499	32%	20%
  300-399	47%	54%
  200-299	7%	20%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	2%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	7%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	44%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	45%
  6-11	n/a	n/a	2%