Otterbein 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
  2	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  3	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
  C	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 3.3.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	25%
  Top quarter	57%
  Top half	84%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have not been recentered.
• 37% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 63% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum SAT I score requirements were raised.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 73%, SAT math scores over 500 68%, ACT scores over 18 92%, SAT verbal scores over 600 28%, SAT math scores over 600 27%, ACT scores over 24 40%, SAT verbal scores over 700 3%, SAT math scores over 700 1%, ACT scores over 30 6%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	7%	4%	4%
  24-29	39%	31%	41%
  18-23	41%	51%	47%
  12-17	12%	14%	8%
  6-11	1%	n/a	n/a