Tri-State 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
  3	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	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
  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 3.2.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	30%
  Second fifth	30%
  Third fifth	21%
  Fourth fifth	10%
  Unknown	9%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 48% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 52% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum SAT I scores raised.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 46%, SAT math scores over 500 64%, ACT scores over 18 90%, SAT verbal scores over 600 6%, SAT math scores over 600 22%, ACT scores over 24 33%, SAT verbal scores over 700 1%, SAT math scores over 700 2%, ACT scores over 30 3%