Philander Smith 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
  N	Secondary School Record
  N	Class Rank
  N	School's Recommendation
  N	Standardized Test Scores
  N	Essay

• The following non-academic criteria are indicated as E (Emphasized), I (Important), C Considered, or N (Not relevant).

  Rank	Criterion
  N	Character and Personality
  N	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 2.23.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	2%
  Top quarter	32%
  Top half	41%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include International students.
• 6% 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: Contact the school directly.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 0%, SAT math scores over 500 0%, ACT scores over 18 24%, SAT verbal scores over 600 0%, SAT math scores over 600 0%, ACT scores over 24 1%, SAT verbal scores over 700 0%, SAT math scores over 700 0%, ACT scores over 30 0%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  21-25	n/a	n/a	58%
  16-20	n/a	n/a	37%
  Below 16	n/a	n/a	5%