Northwestern 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
  5	School's Recommendation
  4	Standardized Test Scores
  3	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	94%
  Second fifth	5%
  Third fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 93% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 53% 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 99%, SAT math scores over 500 99%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 90%, SAT math scores over 600 94%, ACT scores over 24 97%, SAT verbal scores over 700 44%, SAT math scores over 700 58%, ACT scores over 30 68%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  31-36	n/a	n/a	35%
  25-30	n/a	n/a	58%
  19-24	n/a	n/a	6%
  Below 19	n/a	n/a	1%