California State University, Bakersfield - 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
  4	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  2	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
  I	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  I	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank for 1993

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.21.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	34%
  Second fifth	44%
  Third fifth	20%
  Fourth fifth	2%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• 50% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 50% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.