Goshen College - 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
  4	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  2	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
  I	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.27.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	45%
  Second fifth	25%
  Third fifth	17%
  Fourth fifth	8%
  Bottom fifth	5%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• The following scores do not include International students.
• 85% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 30% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: SAT I minimum combined score will raised from 800 to 920.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 77%, SAT math scores over 500 74%, ACT scores over 18 96%, SAT verbal scores over 600 43%, SAT math scores over 600 37%, ACT scores over 24 68%, SAT verbal scores over 700 13%, SAT math scores over 700 13%, ACT scores over 30 26%