Rockhurst 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
  4	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  5	Essay

• The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  I	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  C	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	42%
  Second fifth	21%
  Third fifth	13%
  Fourth fifth	12%
  Bottom fifth	3%
  Unknown	9%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• 26% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 96% 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 requirement was raised.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 72%, SAT math scores over 500 58%, ACT scores over 18 95%, SAT verbal scores over 600 24%, SAT math scores over 600 18%, ACT scores over 24 46%, SAT verbal scores over 700 2%, SAT math scores over 700 4%, ACT scores over 30 6%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	9%	5%	5%
  24-29	39%	30%	42%
  18-23	41%	45%	47%
  12-17	7%	16%	2%
  No Score	4%	4%	4%