C. FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (FRESHMAN) 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 2000. 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have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, non admission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).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

2,038

Total women applied

2,632

Total men admitted

1,483

Total women admitted

2,048

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

 596

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

94

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

 684

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

 91

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?

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

 

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

24

 
English

4

 
Mathematics

3

 
Science

3

 
Of these, units that must be lab

 

 
Foreign language

2

 
Social studies

3.5

 
History

   

 
Economics 0.5  
Physical Education 1.5  
Health Education .5  
Technology Application 1  
Fine Arts 1  
Speech 0.5  
Academic electives

3.5

 

 Other (specify): Algebra 2 required of business and engineering majors. Geometry, trigonometry, chemistry, and Physics required of engineering majors. Algebra I and II, geometry, trigonometry, physics, or chemistry required of architecture majors.

 

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? If so, check which applies:

Open admission policy as described above for all students?

YES

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

Academic

Very important

Important

Considered

Not Considered

Secondary school record

  

X    
Class rank

  

    X
Recommendation (s)      

X

Standardized test scores

 

X    
Essay     

   

X

 

Nonacademic

Very important

Important

Considered

Not Considered

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?

X

Yes   No

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

ADMISSION

Require

Recommend

Require for some

Considered if submitted

Not used

SAT I       X  
ACT   X      
SAT I or ACT (no preference)

  

    X  
SAT I or ACT--SAT I preferred       X  
SAT I or ACT--ACT preferred X        
SAT I and SAT II         X
SAT I and SAT II or ACT         X
SAT II         X

  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 to reflect your institution's policies for use in placement:

PLACEMENT

Require

Recommend

Require for some

SAT I      
SAT II      
ACT      
SAT I or ACT  

  

 
Other (specify):      

 

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

 

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

   

 

Freshman Profile

Provide percentages for ALL enrolled degree-seeking full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2000, 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 2000 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 percent scored at or above.

Percent submitting SAT scores 33.3%

Number submitting SAT scores

491
Percent submitting ACT scores 99.5%

Number submitting ACT scores

1459

 

 

25th percentile

75th percentile

SAT I Verbal

390

500

SAT I Math

390

510

ACT Composite

15

20

ACT English

14

19

ACT Math

15

20

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

 

SAT I Verbal

SAT I Math

700-800

0.20%

0

600-699

2.24%

4.89%

500-599

22.81%

24.64%

400-499

47.66%

44.60%

300-399

22.81%

22.61%

200-299

4.28%

3.26%

 

 

ACT Composite

ACT English

ACT Math

30-36

0.10%

0.28%

0.14%

24-29

5.48%

5.69%

6.03%

18-23

42.77%

34.54%

39.41%

12-17

49.87%

47.77%

53.87%

6-11

1.78%

11.51%

0.55%

below 6

0

0.21%

0

 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

11.16%

Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class

35.00%

Percent in top half of high school graduating class

69.10%

Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class

30.90%

Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class

8.96%

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

89.9%

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

N/A

Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.9

N/A

Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99

N/A

Percent who had GPA below 1.0

N/A

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

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

N/A

 

Admission Policies

C13. Application fee

Does your institution have an application fee?

NO

Amount of application fee:

    

Can it be waived for applicants with financial need?  

 

C14. Application closing date

Does your institution have an application closing date?

YES

Application closing date (fall)

7/10

Priority date

2/01

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):    
Other:

As Received

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

Must reply by (date):  
No set date:

X

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?

 

Yes

X

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?

Yes

No

X

 

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

C22. Early action: Do you have a non binding 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  
Early action notification date As Received