Capital 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
  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
  I	Extracurricular participation
  I	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 3.3.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	49%
  Second fifth	31%
  Third fifth	13%
  Fourth fifth	2%
  Unknown	5%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 28% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 97% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Capital U's minimum required SAT I scores will be raised to match changes from the College Board.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 72%, SAT math scores over 500 67%, ACT scores over 18 97%, SAT verbal scores over 600 25%, SAT math scores over 600 21%, ACT scores over 24 42%, SAT verbal scores over 700 3%, SAT math scores over 700 2%, ACT scores over 30 5%
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	4%	3%	4%
  24-29	35%	25%	34%
  18-23	44%	57%	57%
  12-17	17%	15%	5%