Claremont McKenna 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
  5	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  2	Standardized Test Scores
  4	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
  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 3.8.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top tenth	73%
  Second tenth	20%
  Third tenth	6%
  Fourth tenth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have not been recentered.
• 100% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 29% 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 500 100%, SAT math scores over 500 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 92%, SAT math scores over 600 93%, SAT verbal scores over 700 45%, SAT math scores over 700 51%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	49%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	47%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	4%