C. FRESHMAN ADMISSION POLICIES

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 2002. 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have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).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 full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men applied

 8467

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women applied

9200

 

 

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men admitted

 4676

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women admitted

 5267

 

 

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men enrolled

1,125

Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men enrolled

1

 

 

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women enrolled

1149

Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women enrolled

1

 

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: __

 If YES,please answer the questions below for fall 2002 admissions:

Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list               _____

Number accepting a place on the waiting list                           _____

Number of wait-listed students admitted                                 _____

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

C4. Does your institution require or recommend a general college preparatory program for degree-seeking students?

[X] Required
[   ] Recommended
[   ] Neither required nor recommended

C5. Distribution of high school units required and/or recommended. Specify the distribution of academic high school course units required and/or recommended of all or most degree-seeking students using Carnegie units (one unit equals one year of study or its equivalent). If you use a different system for calculating units, please convert.  

 

Units required 

Units recommended 

Total academic units

18 

 

English

 

Mathematics

4

Science

2

3

       Of these, units in lab

 2

3

Foreign language

 

3

Social studies

 3

 

History

2

 

Academic electives

5

 

Other (specify)

 

 

 

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

If    If so, check which applies:

Open admission policy as described above for all students ___

Open admission policy as described above for most students, but

                        selective admission for out-of-state students ___

                        selective admission to some programs ___

                        other (explain)  

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

 

 

 

Very Important

Important

Considered

Not Considered

Academic

 

 

 

 

Secondary school record

[X]

 

 

 

Class rank

 [X]

 

 

 

Recommendation(s)

 

 [X]

 

 

Standardized test scores

[X]

 

 

 

Essay

 

 [X]

 

 

Nonacademic

 

 

 

 

Interview

 

 

 

[X]

Extracurricular activities

 

 

[X]

 

Talent/ability

 

 

[X]

 

Character/personal qualities

 [X]

 

 

 

Alumni/ae relation

 

 

 

[X]

Geographical residence

 

 

 [X]

 

State residency

 

 

 

[X]

Religious affiliation/commitment

 

 

 

[X]

Minority status

 

 

[X]

 

Volunteer work

 

 

[X]

 

Work experience

 

 

 

[X]

 

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 [   ]

If yes, place check marks in the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institution�s policies for use in admission.

 

ADMISSION

 

Required 

Recommend 

Required for some 

Considered if submitted 

Not used 

SAT I

 

 

 

 

 

ACT

 

 

 

 

 

SAT I or ACT (no preference

 

 

 

 

 

SAT I or ACT--SAT I preferred

[X]

 

 

 

 

SAT I or ACT--ACT preferred

 

 

 

 

 

SAT I and SAT II

 

 

 

 

 

SAT I and SAT II or ACT

 

 

 

 

 

SAT II

 

 

 

 

 

In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for placement or counseling?  

Placement    

[X] Yes [  ] No

Counseling

[X] Yes [  ] No

 

B. Does your institution use the SAT I or II or the ACT for placement only? If so, please mark the appropriate boxes below:

PLACEMENT

 

Require

Recommend

Require for some

SAT I

[ ]

[ ]

[ ]

SAT II

[ ]

[ ]

[ ]

ACT

[ ]

[ ]

[ ]

SAT I or ACT

[ ]

[ ]

[ ]

C. Latest date by which SAT I or ACT scores must be received for 
     fall-term admission

February 15

     Latest date by which SAT II scores must be received for fall-term admission

N/A

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):____________________________________________

 

 Freshman Profile

Provide percentages for ALL enrolled degree-seeking full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2002, 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 2002 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 re-centered scores. The 25th percentile is the score that 25 percent scored at or below; the 75th percentile score is the one that 25 percent scored at or above.  

Percent submitting SAT scores

99%

Number submitting SAT scores

2244

Percent submitting ACT scores

1%

Number submitting ACT scores 

  272


 

 

25th percentile

75th percentile

SAT I Verbal

500

600

SAT I Math

520

610

 

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

 

SAT I Verbal

SAT I Math

700-800

3

600-699

23

31

500-599

54

50

400-499

18

14

300-399

2

1

200-299


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

600 

SAT I Math

540

620 

 

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

 

SAT I Verbal

SAT I Math

700-800

4

600-699

27

36

500-599

59

52 

400-499

10 

300-399

0

200-299

 

C10. Percent of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school class rank within each of the following ranges (report information for those students from whom you collected high school rank information).  

Percent in top 10th of high school graduating class

16%

Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class

54%

Percent in top half of high school graduating class

92%

Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class

8%

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: 78%

C11. Percentage of all enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school grade-point averages within each of the following ranges (using 4.0 scale).  Report information only for those students from whom you collected high school GPA.

Percent who had GPA of 3.0 and higher         

79.4%

Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.99

20.4%

Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99

_0.2%

Percent who had GPA below 1.0

_____

 

C12. Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA: 3.6

Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA: 99%

Admission Policies

C13. Application fee

Does your institution have an application fee?

[X] Yes

[   ] No

Amount of application fee

$ 40

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)

 March 1

Priority date

 December 1

 

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)

January 1

By (date)

 

Other

 

 

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

Must reply by (date) 

 

No set date

 

Must reply by May 1 or within __2__ 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:

_____1 year____

 

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?

[X] Yes

[  ] 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

 

 For the Fall 2002 entering class:

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 December 1
Early action notification date Prior to January 1


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