Bridgewater 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
  3	School's Recommendation
  4	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
  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 3.2.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	45%
  Second fifth	24%
  Third fifth	16%
  Fourth fifth	8%
  Bottom fifth	2%
  Unknown	5%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• Scores reported below include some using the old scoring system which have been recentered.
• The following scores do not include Nontraditional/Part-time students.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• 92% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 8% 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 58%, SAT math scores over 500 59%, ACT scores over 18 84%, SAT verbal scores over 600 19%, SAT math scores over 600 23%, ACT scores over 24 41%, SAT verbal scores over 700 3%, SAT math scores over 700 3%, ACT scores over 30 6%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  30-36	5%	7%	2%
  24-29	32%	18%	36%
  18-23	46%	61%	48%
  12-17	15%	14%	14%
  6-11	2%	n/a	n/a