Northland 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
  C	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  C	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	40%
  Second fifth	25%
  Third fifth	22%
  Fourth fifth	10%
  Bottom fifth	3%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 49% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 74% 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 78%, SAT math scores over 500 80%, ACT scores over 18 94%, SAT verbal scores over 600 45%, SAT math scores over 600 35%, ACT scores over 24 49%, SAT verbal scores over 700 9%, SAT math scores over 700 4%, ACT scores over 30 9%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	2%
  26-29	n/a	n/a	25%
  21-25	n/a	n/a	48%
  16-20	n/a	n/a	25%