Calvin 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
  2	Class Rank
  4	School's Recommendation
  3	Standardized Test Scores
  5	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
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  C	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.42.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	50%
  Second fifth	24%
  Third fifth	14%
  Fourth fifth	10%
  Bottom fifth	2%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• 31% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 99% 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 85%, SAT math scores over 500 85%, ACT scores over 18 98%, SAT verbal scores over 600 43%, SAT math scores over 600 52%, ACT scores over 24 71%, SAT verbal scores over 700 13%, SAT math scores over 700 15%, ACT scores over 30 16%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	13%	13%	15%
  24-29	50%	41%	47%
  18-23	31%	37%	35%
  12-17	6%	9%	3%