Southeast Texas P-16 Council

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Lamar University will be raising its undergraduate admisssions requirement in the Fall of 2011, as part of a continuing effort to enhance the academic environment the university

“We want to do our best to attract and retain good students and have found that having appropriate admissions standards is one  way to do that,” said Kevin Smith, senior associate provost. “These steps are part of a long-range plan to enhance admissions standards to stay competitive with our Texas public university peers.”

To qualify for unconditional admission to Lamar University, students must have graduated from an accredited high school with at least 14 credits in specific college preparatory courses and must achieve a certain class rank and SAT or ACT score.

Applicants ranked in the Top 10 percent of their high school class have no minimum SAT or ACT score requirement.

Under new admissions standards, those in the Top 11 percent to Top 25 percent must have a minimum score of 18 on the ACT or 850 on the SAT (combined math and critical reading).

Applicants in the second quarter of their high school class must have a minimum of 20 on the ACT or 930 on the SAT. Those in the third quarter must have a minimum of 24 on the ACT or 1090 on the SAT.

Under new admission standards, applicants in the fourth quarter of their high school class, those who were home schooled and those graduating from schools that do not provide rankings will have their applications evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

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