Coastal Carolina 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
  1	Secondary School Record
  4	Class Rank
  3	School's Recommendation
  2	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
  N	Character and Personality
  N	Extracurricular participation
  N	Particular talent or ability
  C	Geographical distribution
  N	Alumni/ae relationship

High School GPA and Class Rank

• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top tenth	13%
  Second tenth	16%
  Third tenth	16%
  Fourth tenth	13%
  Fifth tenth	15%
  Sixth tenth	11%
  Seventh tenth	9%
  Eighth tenth	5%
  Ninth tenth	2%
  Bottom tenth	%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include International students.
• The following scores do not include Nontraditional/Part-time students.
• 85% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 15% of accepted applicants submitted an ACT score.
• The recent adjustment to the SAT I scoring system has affected the school's admission policy: Minimum combined SAT I score required for regular admission was raised.
• Here are the scores of enrolled freshmen who took the SAT I:
  SAT verbal scores over 500 58%, SAT math scores over 500 64%, ACT scores over 18 98%, SAT verbal scores over 600 12%, SAT math scores over 600 17%, ACT scores over 24 24%, SAT verbal scores over 700 1%, SAT math scores over 700 1%, ACT scores over 30 1%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  24-29	n/a	n/a	17%
  18-23	n/a	n/a	62%
  12-17	n/a	n/a	21%