How we evaluate applications

At Morris, we want to get to know you as an applicant. This is why we look at a full range of factors, and why we encourage you to visit and meet with an admissions counselor. Here’s a list of the aspects we consider.

Primary review factors:

• Successful school performance, including high school or college coursework, grades received, high school rank percentile (if calculated) and grade point average
• Standardized test scores, including ACT and/or SAT
• Successful completion of a college preparatory curriculum
• Strength of the curriculum through high school graduation, including courses that exceed the core subject requirements and any advanced courses (e.g., honors, AP, IB, college level)

Secondary review factors:

• ACT/SAT writing test results
• Letters of recommendation
• Personal interview
• Evidence of exceptional achievement, aptitude, or personal accomplishment not reflected in the academic record or standardized test scores
• Participation in extracurricular college preparatory programs (e.g., MEP, PSEO, Talent Search, Admission Possible, Upward Bound, and other programs)
• Evidence of exceptional talent or ability in artistic, scholarly, leadership, or athletic performance
• Evidence that enrollment would enhance the cultural, gender, age, economic, racial, or geographic diversity of the student body
• Evidence of exceptional motivation, maturity, or responsibility
• Outstanding high school or community involvement
• Work experience, paid or unpaid
• Size of graduating class
• Evidence of having overcome social, economic, or physical barriers to educational achievement
• Extenuating circumstances