Purdue 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
  N	Character and Personality
  N	Extracurricular participation
  N	Particular talent or ability
  N	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	46%
  Second fifth	28%
  Third fifth	15%
  Fourth fifth	4%
  Unknown	7%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 57% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 42% 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 75%, SAT math scores over 500 82%, ACT scores over 18 99%, SAT verbal scores over 600 27%, SAT math scores over 600 43%, ACT scores over 24 67%, SAT verbal scores over 700 4%, SAT math scores over 700 9%, ACT scores over 30 13% >

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	7%	15%	9%
  24-29	40%	42%	46%
  18-23	40%	36%	40%
  12-17	11%	7%	5%
  6-11	2%	n/a	n/a