Benedictine College - 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
  E	Character and Personality
  I	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  I	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.82.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	42%
  Second fifth	19%
  Third fifth	16%
  Fourth fifth	16%
  Bottom fifth	7%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 29% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 69% 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 51%, SAT math scores over 500 54%, ACT scores over 18 96%, SAT verbal scores over 600 17%, SAT math scores over 600 22%, ACT scores over 24 40%, SAT verbal scores over 700 5%, SAT math scores over 700 2%, ACT scores over 30 8%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	4%	2%	3%
  24-29	29%	20%	26%
  18-23	53%	60%	63%
  12-17	14%	18%	8%