Purdue University - North Central - 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
  N	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  2	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

• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	28%
  Second fifth	36%
  Third fifth	25%
  Fourth fifth	9%
  Bottom fifth	2%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 75% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 25% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:

  Score	Verbal	Math
  700-800	n/a	5%
  600-699	5%	17%
  500-599	26%	33%
  400-499	48%	33%
  300-399	20%	11%
  200-299	1%	1%