Undergraduate Application
Information
In
accordance with the principles governing admission
adopted by the university, six general categories are
considered for admissions to Clarion University:
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Strength of
curriculum
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High school class
rank
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Grade-point average
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High school profile
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SAT or ACT test score
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Recommendations
Applicants must be
graduates of an approved secondary school or hold a
General Education Development (GED) high school
equivalency diploma issued by the Pennsylvania ( or
associated state) Department of Education. Home-schooled
applicants must be a graduate of a Department of
Education-approved home-school association program.
On
average applicants will be in the top 2/5's of
their class (top 40% class rank) and with approximately a 3.2 cumulative GPA on a 4.0
scale (87% average). The average SAT score of an incoming freshmen is between a
950-1000 on the combined critical reading and math
scores. The average ACT score of an incoming freshmen is 21.
Letters of recommendation and personal essays are
optional but recommended, except for Nursing applicants.
Most applicants will have completed
4 units of
mathematics (typically algebra 1, algebra 2, and geometry), 3 units of science
(typically sciences such a biology and chemistry), 4 units of English, and 4
units in the social sciences (typically world cultures,
history, social studies, psychology, sociology, etc).
There are no foreign language requirements for
applicants, but 2 or more years of a
foreign language is strongly encouraged.
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