What We Look for in a Freshman Applicant

Stony Brook is a highly selective institution, seeking to enroll those students who demonstrate the intellectual curiosity and academic ability to succeed. Applicants are evaluated on an individual basis. There is no automatic cutoff in the admission process, either in grade point average, rank, or test scores. The Admissions Committee seeks to enroll the strongest and most diverse class possible.

Successful applicants will typically have:

  • High school diploma or equivalent. The average high school GPA is 91 or 3.6
    (Regents diploma preferred for NY residents)

  • Strong high school academic program that includes:

    • 4 units of English
    • 4 units of social studies
    • 3 units of mathematics (4 units required for engineering)
    • 3 units of science (4 units required for engineering)
    • 2 or 3 units of a foreign language

  • Standardized test scores that indicate the promise of success in a rigorous undergraduate course of study.

    The middle 50% of our 2011 enrolled freshmen had:

      • SAT Math scores between 590 and 690;
      • SAT Critical Reading scores between 540 and 640;
      • SAT Writing scores between 530 and 640;
      • ACT scores between 25 and 29.


  • Students who show evidence of leadership, special talents or interests, and other personal qualities through extracurricular activities, volunteer work, and other non-academic pursuits will receive special consideration.

Please note that additional admission requirements need to be fulfilled for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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