University of St. Thomas - 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
  5	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  4	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
  C	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 3.29.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	39%
  Second fifth	28%
  Third fifth	20%
  Fourth fifth	10%
  Bottom fifth	3%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 27% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 97% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 81%, SAT math scores over 500 84%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 40%, SAT math scores over 600 50%, ACT scores over 24 64%, SAT verbal scores over 700 9%, SAT math scores over 700 6%, ACT scores over 30 10%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	5%	6%	6%
  24-29	38%	34%	41%
  18-23	46%	46%	49%
  12-17	11%	14%	4%