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 2000. 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have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).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.
First-time, first-year (freshman) students broken down by residency: (Note: this is additional information not requested by CDS)
First-time,first-year(freshman)applicants
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 No
If yes, please answer the questions below for fall 2000 admissions:
Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list: 0
Number accepting a place on the waiting list: N/A
Number of wait-listed students admitted: N/A
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 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?
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.
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:
No open admission policy.
C7. Relative importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in your first-time, first- year, degree-seeking (freshman) admission decisions.
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.
In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for placement or counseling?
B. Does your institution use the SAT I or II or ACT for placement only? If yes, please mark the appropriate boxes below.
C. Latest date by which SAT I or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission: 02/15
Latest date by which SAT II scores must be received for fall-term admission: Not applicable
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):
Provide percentages for ALL enrolled degree-seeking full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 1999, 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 1998 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: 79%
Number submitting SAT scores: 4,013
Percent submitting ACT scores: 65%
Number submitting ACT scores: 3,284
Percent of first-time, first-year (freshman) students with scores in each range
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 of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school class rank: 70.6%
Average high school class percentile rank of first-year (freshman) students: 73.2
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.
C12. Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA: 3.42
Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA: 99%
C13. Application fee
Does your institution have an application fee? Yes No
Amount of application fee: $40
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
Term Enrolling
Application Closing Date
February 15
October 1
Priority date: None
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: 11/01/2000
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.
C18. Deferred admission: Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission?
If yes, maximum period of postponement: 12 months
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
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 1999 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?
Early action closing date:
Early action notification date:
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