Michigan State 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
  3	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	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
  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 3.31.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	42%
  Second fifth	36%
  Third fifth	17%
  Fourth fifth	5%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have not been recentered.
• 26% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 95% 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 81%, ACT scores over 18 96%, SAT verbal scores over 600 33%, SAT math scores over 600 43%, ACT scores over 24 55%, SAT verbal scores over 700 7%, SAT math scores over 700 11%, ACT scores over 30 8%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	5%	5%	5%
  24-29	38%	35%	39%
  18-23	46%	49%	50%
  12-17	11%	11%	6%