Religiously Affiliated Schools and Their Selectivity

Applying to College
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<p>I get bored easily. To satiate my boredom, I take stupid statistical samplings of America’s colleges. For today’s selection, we have a comparison of religious affiliation versus selectivity. Many of these separate denominations should probably be combined (ie: Wesleyan Church should most likely be put together with United Methodist Church), but, as a Northeastern Jew, I’m erring on the side of caution, and don’t want to many any possibly offensive mistakes.</p>

<p>Anyway, a short disclaimer, this isn’t implied to state that any one religion is “smarter” than another. This simply states the overall selectivity of schools currently affiliated with a certain religion.</p>

<p>Affiliation SAT ACT
African Methodist Episcopal Church 645 12.5
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church 730 14.5
American Baptist Churches In The USA 973 21.3
Assemblies of God 937 20.2
Baptist 1024 21.4
Baptist General Conference 1025 20
Brethren Church 1085 22
Christian Church 1040 21.9
Christian Church (Disciples in Christ) 1073 22.1
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church – 17
Christian Reformed Church 1178 24.8
Christian and Missionary Alliance 1011 21.3
Church of Christ 1075 22
Church of God 1026 21.8
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 1091 23.9
Church of the Brethren 1065 21.8
Church of the Nazarene 1057 22.8
Episcopal Church 967 18.9
Evangelical Covenant Church of America 1135 22.5
Evangelical Free Church of America 1065 22.5
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America 1090 23.1
Evangelical Lutheran Synod – 23
Free Methodist Church of North America 1057 22.6
Free Will Baptists 940 17.5
General Association of Regular Baptist Churches 925 22.5
Interdenominational 1110 23.1
Jewish 1100 25.5
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod 1029 21.2
Lutheran Church in America 1165 25
Mennonite Brethren Church 1010 20
Mennonite Church 1080 23.8
Missionary Church 1050 22.5
Moravian Church in America 1130 22.5
Nondenominational 1094 23.1
Pentecostal Holiness Church 985 18
Presbyterian Church (USA) 1095 23.3
Reformed Church in America 1235 25
Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America 1095 –
Roman Catholic Church 1059 22.4
Seventh Day Adventist 979 20.7
Society Of Friends (Quaker) 1062 22.4
Southern Baptist Convention 1020 20.8
United Brethren In Christ 1075 23
United Church Of Christ 1021 22.3
United Methodist Church 1078 22.6
Wesleyan Church 1098 23.5
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod 1145 24.8</p>

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<p>wow… have you thought about picking up an AP ind. study?</p>

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<p>i dont know what any of that means…</p>

<p>am i missing something?</p>

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<p>you might have invented a cure for cancer with that amount of time…</p>

<p>oh well…at least we got some pretty stats to look at…</p>

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<p>Interesting … especially that combined, the average SAT is a D- or so. D:</p>

<p>Also, fhimas88888888 was suggesting that you study an AP course independently. >.<</p>

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<p>ohhhhhhhh, SAT and ACT scores…didnt see that at the top. Whoa…sometimes things just fly over my head.</p>

<p>Well…thats an interesting statistic.</p>

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<p>Yeah… thanks kyledavid80. They’re fun (nudge nudge)!!!</p>

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<p>Nah, it doesn’t take that long. I actually do it to improve my data analysis and memory (which so far has been a success). This took about an hour and a half…none of my friends were around, it was cold and rainy…I figure, why the heck not.</p>

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<p>HeavenWood:</p>

<p>It beats watching the telly or playing video games. Good on ya!</p>

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<p>Richard Hofstadter once wrote something like:</p>

<p>A Methodist is a Baptist with shoes
A Presbyterian is a Methodist with a college education
An Episcopalian is a Presbyterian that lives off his investments.</p>

<p>Of course, Hofstadter was willfully wrong about pretty much everything, as I understand it. Still, it’s cute.</p>

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<p>Was that sarcastic tarhunt? :)</p>

<p>Yeah, it actually does. Nothing was on TV, and I’ve pretty much outgrown video games.</p>