University of Missouri - Columbia - 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
  3	Secondary School Record
  1	Class Rank
  N	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
  N	Extracurricular participation
  N	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	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	54%
  Second fifth	29%
  Third fifth	13%
  Fourth fifth	4%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 18% 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:

  Score	Verbal	Math
  700-800	3%	13%
  600-699	21%	35%
  500-599	34%	31%
  400-499	31%	17%
  300-399	10%	4%
  200-299	1%	n/a

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	15%	11%	17%
  24-29	48%	41%	46%
  18-23	33%	41%	36%
  12-17	4%	7%	1%