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Houghton College - Admission Criteria



Criteria Ranking | High School GPA and Class Rank | Standardized Tests

Criteria Ranking

  • 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
      5 School's Recommendation
      3 Standardized Test Scores
      4 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
      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 3.4.
  • Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

    Rank Percent
    Top fifth 54%
    Second fifth 31%
    Third fifth 8%
    Fourth fifth 6%
    Bottom fifth 1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

  • Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
  • 83% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 20% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
  • The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: "Only to the degree that all recentered scores are fairly compared to the previous equivalent."
  • Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:

      SAT verbal scores over 500 84%, SAT math scores over 500 81%, ACT scores over 18 96%, SAT verbal scores over 600 46%, SAT math scores over 600 39%, ACT scores over 24 62%, SAT verbal scores over 700 15%, SAT math scores over 700 7%, ACT scores over 30 20%

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

      Score English Math Composite
      30-36 n/a n/a 8%
      26-29 n/a n/a 29%
      21-25 n/a n/a 56%
      16-20 n/a n/a 7%