Metropolitan State College of Denver - 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
  5	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
  N	Character and Personality
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 2.89.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	18%
  Second fifth	27%
  Third fifth	32%
  Fourth fifth	18%
  Bottom fifth	5%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• 17% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 74% 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 43%, SAT math scores over 500 35%, ACT scores over 18 66%, SAT verbal scores over 600 11%, SAT math scores over 600 10%, ACT scores over 24 14%, SAT verbal scores over 700 1%, SAT math scores over 700 0%, ACT scores over 30 1%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	1%	1%	1%
  24-29	13%	10%	12%
  18-23	42%	47%	56%
  12-17	39%	42%	31%
  6-11	5%	n/a	n/a