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

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 2006. 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have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).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	1,059
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied	1,836

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted	900
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted	1,619

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled	471
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled	15

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled	852
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled	41

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

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	16.5
English	4
Mathematics	3
Science	3
Of these, units that must be lab	3
Foreign Language	2
Social Studies	1
History	2
Academic Electives	1
Other (specify)	.5 Computer Literacy

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
Rigor of Secondary School Record
Class Rank
Academic GPA
Standardized Test Scores
Application Essay
Recommendation

Nonacademic
Interview
Extracurricular activities
Talent/ability
Character/personal qualities
First Generation
Alumni/ae relation
Geographical residence
State residency
Religious affiliation/commitment
Racial/ethnic status
Volunteer Work
Work experience
Level of applicant's interest

SAT and ACT Policies

C8. Entrance exams

A. Does your institution make use of SAT Reasoning Test, ACT, or SAT Subject Test 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 for Fall 2006.

ADMISSION
	Require	Recommend	Require for Some	Consider If Submitted	Not Used
SAT or ACT
ACT only
SAT only
SAT and SAT Subject Tests
SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT
SAT Subject Tests only

B. If your institution will make use of the ACT in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants for Fall 2008, please indicate which ONE of the following applies (regardless of whether the writing score will be used in the admissions process):

___ ACT with Writing component required
___ ACT without Writing component recommended
_X_ ACT with or without Writing component accepted

C. Please indicate how your institution will use the SAT or ACT essay component; check all that apply:

For admission
For placement
For advising
In place of an application essay
As a validity check on the application essay
No college policy as of now
Not using essay component

D. In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for academic advising? Yes No

E. Latest date by which SAT I or ACT scores must be received for fall term admission: 07/27
Latest date by which SAT Subject Test scores must be received for fall-term admission: Not Applicable

F. 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): Basically all entering freshmen are required to have an ACT/SAT score excluding those students 25 or older. The COMPASS test can be used for admission/placement for some students.

G. Please indicate which tests your institution uses for placement (e.g., state tests):

SAT
ACT
SAT Subject Tests
AP
CLEP
Institutional Exam
State Exam (specify): COMPASS

Freshman Profile

Provide percentages for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2006, 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 2005 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 critical thinking for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item. SAT scores should be recentered scores. Do not convert SAT scores to ACT and vice versa. 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	8.48%	117
ACT	89.49%	1234

	25th Percentile	75th Percentile
SAT Critical Reading	420	555
SAT Math	420	550
SAT Writing	410	575
SAT Essay	6	8
ACT Composite	18	23
ACT English	18	24
ACT Math	17	22
ACT Writing	N/A	N/A

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

	SAT Critical Reading	SAT Math	SAT Writing
700 - 800	1.71	2.56	0.00
600 - 699	11.11	11.11	21.79
500 - 599	24.79	33.33	19.23
400 - 499	45.30	40.17	39.74
300 - 399	16.24	11.11	16.67
200 - 299	0.85	1.71	2.56

	ACT Composite	ACT English	ACT Math
30 - 36	1.78	4.78	1.22
24 - 29	17.34	23.42	13.78
18 - 23	59.48	50.08	50.49
12 - 17	21.39	20.91	34.28
6 - 11	0.00	0.81	0.24
Below 6	0.00	0.00	0.00

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	13.77%
Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class	37.77%
Percent in top half of high school graduating class	68.38%
Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class	31.62%
Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class	10.38%
Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school class rank	94.27%

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 3.75 and higher	15.29%
Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.74	14.98%
Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49	14.60%
Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.24	17.49%
Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.99	25.70%
Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.49	10.87%
Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99	1.06%
Percent who had GPA below 1.0	.00%

C12. Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA: 3.15
Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) student who submitted high school GPA: 95.36%

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

If you have an application fee and an on-line application option, please indicate policy for students who apply on-line:

Same fee: Yes
Free:
Reduced:

Can on-line application fee be waived for applicants with financial need? No

C14. Application Closing Date

Does your institution have an application closing date?	Yes No
Application closing date (fall):	07/06
Priority date:

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

Deadline for housing deposit (MMDD): 03/05 Priority Date
Amount of housing deposit: $75.00
Refundable if student does not enroll?
Yes, in full -
Yes, in part -
No - X

C18. Deferred Admission: Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission? Yes No
If yes, maximum period of postponement: 3 semesters

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

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 2006 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: Rolling
Early action notification date: Rolling

Is your early action plan a "restrictive" plan under which you limit students from applying to other early plans? Yes No