United States Merchant Marine Academy - 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
  2	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  3	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
  E	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  E	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank for 1994

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.4.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top tenth	34%
  Second tenth	29%
  Second fifth	34%
  Third fifth	3%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• The majority of accepted applicants took the ACT test.
• 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:

  Score	Verbal	Math
  750-800	1%	n/a
  700-749	5%	5%
  650-699	5%	14%
  600-649	16%	27%
  550-599	15%	34%
  500-549	24%	20%
  450-499	23%	n/a
  400-449	11%	n/a