Hillsdale 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
  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
  E	Character and Personality
  E	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  C	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 3.51.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	38%
  Top quarter	74%
  Top half	100%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

SAT verbal scores over 500 94%, SAT math scores over 500 91%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 63%, SAT math scores over 600 55%, ACT scores over 24 72%, SAT verbal scores over 700 26%, SAT math scores over 700 13%, ACT scores over 30 19%
• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 33% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 67% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.