College of the Southwest - 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
  N	School's Recommendation
  3	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
  E	Character and Personality
  E	Extracurricular participation
  E	Particular talent or ability
  E	Geographical distribution
  E	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.41.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	60%
  Second fifth	28%
  Third fifth	8%
  Bottom fifth	4%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• The following scores do not include International students.
• The following scores do not include Nontraditional/Part-time students.
• 14% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 86% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum score requirements increased.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 36%, SAT math scores over 500 36%, ACT scores over 18 85%, SAT verbal scores over 600 14%, SAT math scores over 600 14%, ACT scores over 24 21%, SAT verbal scores over 700 0%, SAT math scores over 700 0%, ACT scores over 30 3%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  24-29	26%	21%	16%
  18-23	47%	32%	13%
  12-17	22%	47%	16%
  6-11	5%	n/a	5%