College of Notre Dame of Maryland - 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
  5	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  2	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
  C	Character and Personality
  E	Extracurricular participation
  E	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  I	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• The average high school/secondary school Grade Point Average for freshmen stood at 3.3.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Accumulative Percent
  Top tenth	14%
  Top fifth	25%
  Top quarter	30%
  Top half	43%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include International students.
• 98% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 2% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum required combined SAT I score raised to 950 (500 verbal, 450 math
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 67%, SAT math scores over 500 46%, SAT verbal scores over 600 16%, SAT math scores over 600 13%, SAT verbal scores over 700 3%, SAT math scores over 700 1%