Clemson 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
  2	Secondary School Record
  1	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
  C	Character and Personality
  N	Extracurricular participation
  N	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  E	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	53%
  Second fifth	32%
  Third fifth	11%
  Fourth fifth	4%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• 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 85%, SAT math scores over 500 91%, ACT scores over 18 98%, SAT verbal scores over 600 37%, SAT math scores over 600 51%, ACT scores over 24 59%, SAT verbal scores over 700 6%, SAT math scores over 700 10%, ACT scores over 30 15%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  35-36	n/a	n/a	n/a
  33-34	n/a	n/a	2%
  31-32	n/a	n/a	3%
  29-30	n/a	n/a	3%
  27-28	n/a	n/a	10%
  24-26	n/a	n/a	25%
  22-23	n/a	n/a	29%
  20-21	n/a	n/a	13%
  Below 20	n/a	n/a	13%
  Unknown	n/a	n/a	2%