Goucher 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
  4	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  5	Standardized Test Scores
  2	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
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.12.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	48%
  Second fifth	26%
  Third fifth	18%
  Fourth fifth	6%
  Bottom fifth	2%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 98% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 0% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Because TSWE was removed, SAT II: Writing is required.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 92%, SAT math scores over 500 88%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 58%, SAT math scores over 600 40%, ACT scores over 24 80%, SAT verbal scores over 700 13%, SAT math scores over 700 5%, ACT scores over 30 8%