Saint John's 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
  2	Class Rank
  N	School's Recommendation
  3	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
  C	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  N	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.4.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	38%
  Second fifth	38%
  Third fifth	19%
  Fourth fifth	5%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• 22% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 94% 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. SAT verbal scores over 500 86%, SAT math scores over 500 92%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 42%, SAT math scores over 600 56%, ACT scores over 24 68%, SAT verbal scores over 700 9%, SAT math scores over 700 17%, ACT scores over 30 11%
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	5%	7%	8%
  24-29	38%	46%	45%
  18-23	48%	42%	46%
  12-17	9%	5%	1%