Henderson State 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
  2	Secondary School Record
  3	Class Rank
  5	School's Recommendation
  1	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
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	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	6%
  Second fifth	11%
  Third fifth	17%
  Fourth fifth	24%
  Bottom fifth	21%
  Unknown	21%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 3% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 95% 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 56%, SAT math scores over 500 67%, ACT scores over 18 92%, SAT verbal scores over 600 19%, SAT math scores over 600 33%, ACT scores over 24 35%, SAT verbal scores over 700 4%, SAT math scores over 700 4%, ACT scores over 30 2%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	1%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	17%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	59%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	23%