Western New Mexico University - 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
  N	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
  N	Character and Personality
  N	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank for 1993

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 2.95.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	14%
  Second fifth	14%
  Third fifth	23%
  Fourth fifth	19%
  Bottom fifth	11%
  Unknown	19%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• 6% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 56% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  24-29	n/a	n/a	5%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	28%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	59%
  6-11	n/a	n/a	6%
  Below 6	n/a	n/a	2%