Colby 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
  2	School's Recommendation
  4	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
  E	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  C	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	92%
  Second fifth	7%
  Third fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 94% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 19% 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 98%, SAT math scores over 500 100%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 84%, SAT math scores over 600 90%, ACT scores over 24 93%, SAT verbal scores over 700 31%, SAT math scores over 700 35%, ACT scores over 30 28%
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	24%
  26-29	n/a	n/a	46%
  21-25	n/a	n/a	27%
  16-20	n/a	n/a	3%