When you apply to St. Lawrence you choose whether or not to include SAT or ACT test scores in your application. For all students, the most important part of the application is the high school transcript, along with recommendations from your counselor and teachers. If you have a strong high school record, we welcome your application regardless of how high or low your test scores are. For students admitted to the Class of 2013, the average high school GPA was 91 and 81% of the students were ranked in the top 25% of their senior class.
In order to help you decide whether or not to submit your test scores, consider these statistics from the students who applied last year:
The Class of 2013
66% of the students who were offered admission submitted SAT scores, ACT scores or both.
On the SAT scale of 2400, admitted students who submitted scores, scored as follows:
- 25% scored 1980 or higher
- 50% scored between 1760 and 1970
- 25% scored 1750 or lower
Averages for each section of the SAT exam were:
- Critical Reading: 625
- Mathematics: 618
- Writing: 612
Admitted students who submitted the ACT:
- 75% scored 26 or higher
- The average score was 28
When you complete the Common Application Supplement, you will choose which scores, if any, you would like us to use in the review of your application for admission and merit scholarship consideration. Each student knows his or her own capability and potential best. If you believe that your scores will help us better understand your potential for college success, we respect that opinion.
In response to the requirement that colleges report their preferences regarding the SAT Score Choice program, St. Lawrence emphasized that if students submit SAT scores from multiple test dates for consideration in the admissions process, the highest section score will be used to calculate the composite score, regardless of the individual test date. Students are encouraged to send all scores at the time the tests are taken and should remember that they have the opportunity when submitting the Common Application Supplement to direct us regarding which scores, if any, they wish us to consider.
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