North Carolina Central 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
  2	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  3	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
  C	Extracurricular participation
  I	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 2.59.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	16%
  Second fifth	20%
  Third fifth	19%
  Fourth fifth	18%
  Bottom fifth	8%
  Unknown	19%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• The majority of accepted applicants took the ACT test.
• 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 17%, SAT math scores over 500 15%, ACT scores over 18 32%, SAT verbal scores over 600 2%, SAT math scores over 600 1%, ACT scores over 24 2%, SAT verbal scores over 700 0%, SAT math scores over 700 0%, ACT scores over 30 0%
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	n/a	n/a	6%
  24-29	n/a	n/a	1%
  21-23	n/a	n/a	3%
  Below 21	n/a	n/a	29%
  Unknown	n/a	n/a	61%