First-time, first-year (freshman admission)

Applications · Admission Requirements · Basis for Selection · SAT and ACT Policies
Freshman Profile · Admission Policies · Early Decision and Early Action Plans

Applications

C1. First-time, first-year (freshman) students: Provide the number of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year 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 should include only those students who fulfilled the requirements for consideration for admission (i.e., who completed actionable applications) 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have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).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	1,657
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied	2,732
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted	1,623
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted	2,690
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled	723
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled	111
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled	1,114
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled	225

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

Admission Requirements

C3. High School Completion Requirement

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

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		16 1/2 units
English		4
Mathematics		3
Science		3
Of these, units that must be lab		3
Foreign Language		2
Social Studies		1
History		2
Academic Electives
Other (specify)		1 Fine Arts 1/2 Computer Course

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

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
Recommendation(s)
Standardized Test Scores
Essay
Nonacademic
Interview
Extracurricular activities
Talent/ability
Character/personal qualities
Alumni/ae relation
Geographical residence
State residency
Religious affiliation/commitment
Minority status
Volunteer Work
Work experience

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 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	Consider If Submitted	Not Used
SAT I
ACT
SAT I or ACT (no preference)
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

In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for placement or counseling?
Placement Yes No
Counseling 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: August Residual ACT
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 are recommended for some students, or if tests are not required of some students): If a student is a non-traditional student (25 years of age or older), the ACT or SAT scores are not required. However, they are recommended, and, in the future, may become required.

Freshman 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 Scores	Number Submitting Scores
SAT	5%	110
ACT	86%	1,874

	25th Percentile	75th Percentile
SAT I Verbal	445	580
SAT I Math	420	570
ACT Composite	17	22
ACT English	16	23
ACT Math	16	21

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

	SAT I Verbal	SAT I Math
700 - 800	1.82%	.91%
600 - 699	17.27%	20.00%
500 - 599	38.18%	27.27%
400 - 499	26.36%	35.45%
300 - 399	13.64%	11.82%
200 - 299	2.73%	4.55%

	ACT Composite	ACT English	ACT Math
30 - 36	.85%	3.09%	.64%
24 - 29	14.35%	19.48%	10.35%
18 - 23	51.39%	44.93%	40.24%
12 - 17	33.14%	27.91%	48.35%
6 - 11	.27%	4.59%	.37%
Below 6	0.00%	0.00%	.05%

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).

Not Available At This Time

Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class
Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class
Percent in top half of high school graduating class
Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class
Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class
Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school class rank

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	52%
Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.99	43%
Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99	5%
Percent who had GPA below 1.0	0%

C12. Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA: 3.0
Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) student who submitted high school GPA: 86%

Admission Policies

C13. Application Fee

Does your institution have an application fee?	Yes No
Amount of application fee:	$20.00
Can it be waived for applicants with financial need?	Yes No

C14. Application Closing Date

Does your institution have an application closing date?	Yes No
Application closing date (fall):
Priority date:	July 1

C15. Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall? Yes No

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

On a rolling basis beginning:	Throughout the year
By:
Other:

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

Must reply by:
No set date:	X
Must reply by May 1 or within ? weeks if notified thereafter

C18. Deferred Admission: Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission? Yes No
If yes, maximum period of postponement: One semester without fee

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

C20. Common Application: Will you accept the Common Application distributed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals if submitted? Yes No
If "yes," are supplemental forms required? Yes No
Is your college a member of the Common Application Group? Yes 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 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? Yes No

If "yes", please complete the following:

Early action closing date:
Early action notification date:

Common Data Set - 03-04 Common Data Set - First-Time, First-Year (Freshman Admission)

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