Columbia 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
  4	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  2	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
  C	Extracurricular participation
  C	Particular talent or ability
  N	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.19.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	47%
  Second fifth	27%
  Third fifth	16%
  Fourth fifth	9%
  Bottom fifth	1%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system. SAT verbal scores over 500 56%, SAT math scores over 500 49%, SAT verbal scores over 600 25%, SAT math scores over 600 11%, SAT verbal scores over 700 4%, SAT math scores over 700 2%
• The majority of accepted applicants took the ACT test.