Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville - 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
  N	Secondary School Record
  2	Class Rank
  N	School's Recommendation
  1	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
  N	Character and Personality
  N	Extracurricular participation
  N	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	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	28%
  Second fifth	35%
  Third fifth	25%
  Fourth fifth	11%
  Bottom fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• 1% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 94% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• 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	21%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	58%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	19%