COMMON DATA SET YEAR- 2003-04

SECTION C-FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (FRESHMEN) ADMISSION

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 2003. 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have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).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 first-time, first-year (freshman) men who applied 4431
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied 5321

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted 2820
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted 3641

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled 1026
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled 36

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled 1166
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled 23

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
If yes, please answer the questions below for fall 2003 admissions:

Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list 820
Number accepting a place on the waiting list 504
Number of wait-listed students admitted 7

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

C3     High school completion requirement
Check the appropriate box to identify your high school completion requirement for degree-seeking entering students.

High school diploma is required and GED is accepted X
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?

Require X
Recommend
Neither require nor recommend

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 Recommended Units Required
Total academic units 18 24
English 4 4
Mathematics 3 4
Science 3 4
Of the above Science units, units that must be lab 3 4
Foreign language 2 3
Social studies 3 4
History
Academic electives 3 5
Other (specify)

BASIS FOR SELECTION

C6     Basis for Selection 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? If so, check which applies
Open admission policy as described above for all students : NA

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


    If yes, place check marks in the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institution's policies for use in admission for Fall 2005 .

ADMISSION

  Require Recommend Require for Some Consider If Submitted Not Used
SAT I
ACT
SAT I or ACT (no preference) X
SAT I OR ACT -- SAT I preferred
SAT I OR ACT -- ACT preferred
SAT I and SAT II
SAT I and SAT II or ACT
SAT II X

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

Placement X
Counseling X

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

PLACEMENT

  Require Recommend Require for some
SAT I
SAT II X
ACT
SAT I or ACT

C     Latest dates for score submission
Latest date by which SAT I or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission: : April 1
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):


FRESHMEN PROFILE

Provide percentages for ALL enrolled degree-seeking full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2003, 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 2003 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores. ( Include information for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) 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 percent scored at or above.)

Percent submitting SAT scores 96.8%
Number submitting SAT scores 2178
Percent submitting ACT scores 12.2%
Number submitting ACT scores 274

  25th Percentile 75th Percentile
SAT I Verbal 490 600
SAT I Math 510 610
ACT Composite 20 25
ACT English 21 25
ACT Math 18 24


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

  SAT I Verbal SAT I Math
700-800 3.3 4.1
600-699 24.1 26.1
500-599 47.1 48.7
400-499 23.3 20.0
300-399 1.9 0.5
200-299 0.2 0.0
100% 100%

  ACT Composite ACT English ACT Math
30-36 3.6 4.7 4.3
24-29 30.8 31.9 26.1
18-23 56.2 45.3 50.0
12-17 9.4 16.7 18.8
6-11 0 0.7 0.0
Below 6 0 0.7 0.7
100% 100% 100%

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 tenth of high school graduating class 16%
Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class 44%
Percent in top half of high school graduating class 93%
Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class 7%
Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class 1%
Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school class rank 51%

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 83%
Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.99 17%
Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99 0%
Percent who had GPA below 1.0 0%
100%

C12     Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA: 3.32

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

ADMISSION POLICES

C13     Application fee

Does your institution have an application fee? Yes
Amount of application fee $40
Can it be waived for applicants with financial need? Yes

C14     Application closing date

Does your institution have an application closing date? Yes
Application closing date (fall): January 15th
Priority date: December 1st

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

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

On a rolling basis beginning (date):
By (date): April 1st
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 how many weeks if notified thereafter? Yes
Other:

C18     Deferred admission: Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission? Yes

If yes, maximum period of postponement: : Once academic 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? Yes

C20     Common Application:

Will you accept the Common Application distributed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals if submitted? Yes
If "yes", are supplemental forms required? Yes
Is your college a member of the Common Application Group? Yes

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? 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 2003 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? No

If "yes", please complete the following:
Early action closing date
Early action notification date

 

 

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