University of Colorado at Denver - 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
  3	Class Rank
  4	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
  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 3.36.
• Following is a breakdown of the high school class rank of enrolled freshmen.

  Rank	Percent
  Top fifth	48%
  Second fifth	30%
  Third fifth	10%
  Fourth fifth	4%
  Unknown	8%

Standardized Test Score Criteria

• All freshmen scores reported used the old scoring system.
• The following scores do not include Freshmen transfers.
• 32% of accepted applicants submitted an SAT I score and 68% 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 62%, SAT math scores over 500 61%, ACT scores over 18 86%, SAT verbal scores over 600 22%, SAT math scores over 600 20%, ACT scores over 24 34%, SAT verbal scores over 700 3%, SAT math scores over 700 3%, ACT scores over 30 3%

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

  Score	English	Math	Composite
  29-36	5%	9%	6%
  23-28	38%	36%	45%
  17-22	39%	43%	39%
  11-16	17%	12%	9%
  6-10	1%	n/a	1%