Central 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
  I	Character and Personality
  E	Extracurricular participation
  I	Particular talent or ability
  I	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 3.43.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	54%
  Second fifth	24%
  Third fifth	16%
  Bottom two-fifths	4%
  Unknown	2%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below use the new scoring system.
• The following scores do not include International students.
• The following scores do not include Nontraditional/Part-time students.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• The following scores do not include Special program students.
• 14% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 99% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the ACT:

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  31-36	n/a	n/a	3%
  25-30	n/a	n/a	41%
  19-24	n/a	n/a	48%
  Below 19	n/a	n/a	6%
  Unknown	n/a	n/a	2%