Applications

C1. First-time, first-year (freshman) students: Provide the number of degree-seeking students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in fall 1999. Include early decision, early action, and students who began studies during summer in this cohort. Applicants include all students who fulfilled the requirements for consideration for admission (including payment or waiving of the application fee, if any) and who have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution). Admitted applicants should include wait-listed students who were subsequently offered admission.
 
 

Total men applied	7,440
Total women applied	7,872
Total men admitted	4,641
Total women admitted	4,773
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men enrolled	1,145
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men enrolled	4
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women enrolled	1,130
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women enrolled	2

C2. Freshman wait-listed students (students who met admission requirements but whose final admission was contingent on space availability)
 
 

Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list?

Yes: X  No: ___

Admission Requirements

C3. High school completion requirement

Check the appropriate box to identify your high school completion requirement for degree-seeking entering students

[X] High school diploma is required and GED is accepted

[   ] High school diploma is required and GED is not accepted

[   ] High school diploma or equivalent is not required

[X] Required

[   ] Recommended

[   ] Neither required nor recommended

Basis for Selection

C6. Do you have an open admission policy, under which virtually all secondary school graduates or students with GED equivalency diplomas are admitted without regard to academic record, test scores, or other qualifications? No

C7. Relative importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in your first-time, first- year, degree-seeking (freshman) admission decisions.
 

SAT and ACT Policies

C8. Entrance exams

A. Does your institution make use of SAT I, SAT II, or ACT scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year,
     degree-seeking applicants?
 

Yes [X]

No[   ]

B. Does your institution use applicants' test scores for placement or counseling?

 

Placement	[  ] Yes  [X ] No
Counseling	[  ] Yes  [X] No

 

C. Latest date by which SAT I or ACT scores must be received for       fall-term admission	02/15
Latest date by which SAT II scores must be received for fall-term       admission
D. If necessary, use this space to clarify your test policies (e.g., if tests       recommended for some students, or if tests not required of some       students):____________________________________________

Provide percentages for ALL enrolled degree-seeking full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 1999, including students who began studies during summer, international students/nonresident aliens, and students admitted under special arrangements.

C9. Percent and number of first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 1999 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores. Include information for ALL enrolled, first-time, first-year (freshman) degree-seeking students who submitted test scores. Do not include partial test scores (e.g., mathematics scores but not verbal for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item. SAT scores should be recentered scores. The 25th percentile is the score that 25 percent scored at or below; the 75th percentile score is the one that 25 percen scored at or above.

 

Percent submitting SAT scores	99%	Number submitting SAT scores	2,261
Percent submitting ACT scores	1%	Number submitting ACT scores

 

	25th percentile	75th percentile
SAT I Verbal	500	600
SAT I Math	520	610
ACT Composite
ACT English
ACT Math

Percent of first-time, first-year (freshman) students with scores in each range:
 

	SAT I Verbal	SAT I Math
700-800	3	4
600-699	22	28
500-599	53	51
400-499	20	17
300-399	2	1
200-299	0	0

 

For our traditionally admitted students (excluding those students who enrolled in special admission programs), the following SAT-Score profile applies:
 

	25th percentile	75th percentile
SAT I Verbal	520	610
SAT I Math	530	620
ACT Composite
ACT English
ACT Math

Percent of first-time, first-year (freshman) students with scores in each range:
 

	SAT I Verbal	SAT I Math
700-800	4	4
600-699	26	33
500-599	56	53
400-499	13	10
300-399	0	0
200-299	0	0

 

Percent in top 10th of high school graduating class	12%
Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class	45%
Percent in top half of high school graduating class	90%
Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class	10%
Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class	0%

Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school class rank: 75%

Admission Policies

C13. Application fee

Does your institution have an application fee?	[X] Yes	[   ] No
Amount of application fee	$ 30
Can it be waived for applicants with financial need?	[X] Yes	[   ] No

C14. Application closing date

Does your institution have an application closing date?	[X] Yes	[   ] No
Application closing date (fall)	03/01
Priority date	11/15

C15. Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall?

[X] Yes

[   ] No

C16. Notification to applicants of admission decision sent (fill in one only)

On a rolling basis beginning (date)	01/01
By (date)	rolling
Other

C17. Reply policy for admitted applicants (fill in one only)

Must reply by (date)	05/01
No set date
Must reply by May 1 or within _____ weeks if notified thereafter
Other

C18. Deferred admission:

Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission?	[X] Yes	[   ] No
If yes, maximum period of postponement:	__________

C19. Early admission of high school students:

Does your institution allow high school students to enroll as  full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students one year or more before high school graduation?

[X] Yes

[   ] No

C20. Common application:

Will you accept the Common Application distributed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals if submitted?	[   ] Yes	[X] No
If "yes", are supplemental forms required?	[   ] Yes	[   ] No
Is your college a member of the Common Application Group?	[   ] Yes	[X] No

Early Decision and Early Action Plans

C21. Early decision:
Does your institution offer an early decision plan (an admission plan that permits students to apply and be notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date and that asks students to commit to attending if accepted) for first-time, first-year (freshman) applicants for fall enrollment?
 

	[   ] Yes	[X] No
If "yes," please complete the following :
First or only early decision plan closing date
First or only early decision plan notification date
Other early decision plan closing date
Other early decision plan notification date
Number of early decision applications received by your institution
Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan

Please provide significant details about your early decision plan :
___________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
 

C22. Early action: Do you have a nonbinding early action plan whereby students are notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date but do not have to commit to attending your college?
 

[X] Yes

[   ] No

If "yes," please complete the following :
Early action closing date_12/01__
Early action notification date_01/01_
 

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