Bluffton 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
  4	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
  E	Character and Personality
  E	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  C	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 3.2.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	43%
  Second fifth	31%
  Third fifth	17%
  Fourth fifth	8%
  Bottom fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• 30% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 91% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 68%, SAT math scores over 500 60%, ACT scores over 18 91%, SAT verbal scores over 600 26%, SAT math scores over 600 13%, ACT scores over 24 41%, SAT verbal scores over 700 2%, SAT math scores over 700 2%, ACT scores over 30 3%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  31-36	n/a	n/a	2%
  27-30	n/a	n/a	17%
  22-26	n/a	n/a	49%
  19-21	n/a	n/a	20%
  Below 19	n/a	n/a	12%