Oberlin 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
  5	Class Rank
  3	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
  I	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 3.46.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	76%
  Second fifth	19%
  Third fifth	5%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 95% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 31% 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 96%, SAT math scores over 500 98%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 84%, SAT math scores over 600 79%, ACT scores over 24 91%, SAT verbal scores over 700 45%, SAT math scores over 700 27%, ACT scores over 30 48%
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	33%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	54%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	13%