What are Art Academy of Cincinnati’s admission requirements? While there are a lot of pieces that go into a college application, you should focus on only a few critical things:
- GPA requirements
- Testing requirements, including SAT and ACT requirements
- Application requirements
In this guide we’ll cover what you need to get into Art Academy of Cincinnati and build a strong application.
School location: Cincinnati, OH
Admissions Rate: 45%
If you want to get in, the first thing to look at is the acceptance rate. This tells you how competitive the school is and how serious their requirements are.
The acceptance rate at Art Academy of Cincinnati is 45%. For every 100 applicants, 45 are admitted.
This means the school is moderately selective. The school expects you to meet their requirements for GPA and SAT/ACT scores, but they’re more flexible than other schools.
If you exceed their requirements, you have an excellent chance of getting in. But if you don’t, you might be one of the unlucky minority that gets a rejection letter.
Art Academy of Cincinnati GPA Requirements
Many schools specify a minimum GPA requirement, but this is often just the bare minimum to submit an application without immediately getting rejected.
The GPA requirement that really matters is the GPA you need for a real chance of getting in. For this, we look at the school’s average GPA for its current students.
Average GPA: 3.1
The average GPA at Art Academy of Cincinnati is 3.1.
With a GPA of 3.1, Art Academy of Cincinnati accepts below-average students. It’s OK to be a B-average student, with some A’s mixed in. It’d be best to avoid C’s and D’s, since application readers might doubt whether you can handle the stress of college academics.
If you’re currently a junior or senior, your GPA is hard to change in time for college applications. If your GPA is at or below the school average of 3.1, you’ll need a higher SAT or ACT score to compensate. This will help you compete effectively against other applicants who have higher GPAs than you.
SAT and ACT Requirements
Each school has different requirements for standardized testing. Most schools require the SAT or ACT, and many also require SAT subject tests.
You must take either the SAT or ACT to submit an application to Art Academy of Cincinnati. More importantly, you need to do well to have a strong application.
Art Academy of Cincinnati SAT Requirements
Many schools say they have no SAT score cutoff, but the truth is that there is a hidden SAT requirement. This is based on the school’s average score.
Average SAT: 1000
The average SAT score composite at Art Academy of Cincinnati is a 1000 on the 1600 SAT scale.
This score makes Art Academy of Cincinnati Lightly Competitive for SAT test scores.
Art Academy of Cincinnati SAT Score Analysis (New 1600 SAT)
The 25th percentile New SAT score is 880, and the 75th percentile New SAT score is 1110. In other words, a 880 on the New SAT places you below average, while a 1110 will move you up to above average.
Here’s the breakdown of new SAT scores by section:
| Section | Average | 25th Percentile | 75th Percentile |
| Math | 470 | 430 | 510 |
| Reading + Writing | 530 | 450 | 600 |
| Composite | 1000 | 880 | 1110 |
SAT Score Choice Policy
The Score Choice policy at your school is an important part of your testing strategy.
Art Academy of Cincinnati has the Score Choice policy of “All Scores.”
This means that Art Academy of Cincinnati requires you to send all SAT scores you’ve ever taken to their office.
This sounds daunting, but most schools don’t actually consider all your scores equally. For example, if you scored an 1300 on one test and a 1500 on another, they won’t actually average the two tests.
More commonly, the school will take your highest score on a single test date. Even better, some schools form a Superscore – that is, they take your highest section score across all your test dates and combine them.
Some students are still worried about submitting too many test scores. They’re afraid that Art Academy of Cincinnati will look down on too many attempts to raise your score. But how many is too many?
From our research and talking to admissions officers, we’ve learned that 4-6 tests is a safe number to submit. The college understands that you want to have the best chance of admission, and retaking the test is a good way to do this. Within a reasonable number of tests, they honestly don’t care how many times you’ve taken it. They’ll just focus on your score.
If you take it more than 6 times, colleges start wondering why you’re not improving with each test. They’ll question your study skills and ability to improve.
But below 6 tests, we strongly encourage retaking the test to maximize your chances. If your SAT score is currently below a 1000, we strongly recommend that you consider prepping for the SAT and retaking it. You don’t have much to lose, and you can potentially raise your score and significantly boost your chances of getting in.
Art Academy of Cincinnati ACT Requirements
Just like for the SAT, Art Academy of Cincinnati likely doesn’t have a hard ACT cutoff, but if you score too low, your application will get tossed in the trash.
Average ACT: 21
The average ACT score at Art Academy of Cincinnati is 21. This score makes Art Academy of Cincinnati Moderately Competitive for ACT scores.
The 25th percentile ACT score is 16, and the 75th percentile ACT score is 22.
Even though Art Academy of Cincinnati likely says they have no minimum ACT requirement, if you apply with a 16 or below, you’ll have a very hard time getting in, unless you have something else very impressive in your application. There are so many applicants scoring 21 and above that a 16 will look academically weak.
ACT Score Sending Policy
If you’re taking the ACT as opposed to the SAT, you have a huge advantage in how you send scores, and this dramatically affects your testing strategy.
Here it is:
when you send ACT scores to colleges, you have absolute control over which tests you send. You could take 10 tests, and only send your highest one. This is unlike the SAT, where many schools require you to send all your tests ever taken.
This means that you have more chances than you think to improve your ACT score. To try to aim for the school’s ACT requirement of 21 and above, you should try to take the ACT as many times as you can. When you have the final score that you’re happy with, you can then send only that score to all your schools.
ACT Superscore Policy
By and large, most colleges do not superscore the ACT. (Superscore means that the school takes your best section scores from all the test dates you submit, and then combines them into the best possible composite score). Thus, most schools will just take your highest ACT score from a single sitting.
We weren’t able to find the school’s exact ACT policy, which most likely means that it does not Superscore. Regardless, you can choose your single best ACT score to send in to Art Academy of Cincinnati, so you should prep until you reach our recommended target ACT score of 21.
SAT/ACT Writing Section Requirements
Both the SAT and ACT have an optional essay section.
Art Academy of Cincinnati hasn’t reported their stance on SAT Essay/ACT Writing, but most likely they consider it to be optional. Thus you don’t need to worry too much about Writing for this school, but other schools you’re applying to may require it.
SAT Subject Test Requirements
Schools vary in their SAT subject test requirements. Typically, selective schools tend to require them, while most schools in the country do not.
We did not find information that Art Academy of Cincinnati requires SAT subject tests, and so most likely it does not. At least 6 months before applying, you should still double-check just to make sure, so you have enough time to take the test.
Final Admissions Verdict
Because this school is moderately selective, strong academic performance will almost guarantee you admission. Scoring a 1110 SAT or a 22 ACT or above will nearly guarantee you admission. Because the school admits 45% of all applicants, being far above average raises the admission rate for you to nearly 100%.
If you can achieve a high SAT/ACT score, the rest of your application essentially doesn’t matter. You still need to meet the rest of the application requirements, and your GPA shouldn’t be too far off from the school average of 3.1. But you won’t need dazzling extracurriculars and breathtaking letters of recommendation to get in. You can get in based on the merits of your score alone.
But if your score is a 880 SAT or a 16 ACT and below, you have a good chance of being one of the unlucky few to be rejected.
Admissions Calculator
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- 80-100%: Safety school: Strong chance of getting in
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We recommend you apply to schools across a range of chances. Applying to some safety schools will guarantee you have a college to go to, while applying to some reach schools will give you a shot at getting into the school at the top of your range.