Maryland Institute, College of Art - 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	Portfolio
  2	Class Rank
  N	School's Recommendation
  4	Standardized Test Scores
  3	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
  C	Extracurricular participation
  E	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 3.1.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	13%
  Top quarter	43%
  Top half	81%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

SAT verbal scores over 500 82%, SAT math scores over 500 73%, SAT verbal scores over 600 41%, SAT math scores over 600 31%, SAT verbal scores over 700 8%, SAT math scores over 700 3%
• 80% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 10% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.