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C. First-time, First-year (freshman) Admission: Common Data Set 2008-09

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 2008. 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have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).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 by residency. (Information not requested by CDS)

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 2008 admissions:

Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list: 1,014

Number accepting a place on the waiting list: 292

Number of wait-listed students admitted: 6

Is your waiting list ranked?  Yes No 
If yes, do you release that information to students? Yes No    
Do you release that information to school counselors? Yes No

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
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
Recommend
Neither required 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.

This varies by school/college. The table below shows units required for the majority of students (including students in Arts & Sciences and Engineering).

	Units required	Units recommended
Total academic units	17
English	4
Mathematics	4*
Science	3
Of these, units that must be lab	2
Foreign language	3
Social Studies	3
Of these, units that must be
History	1
Geography	1
Academic electives
Computer science
Visual/performing arts
Other (specify)

*A&S currently requires 3 units of math. Beginning in fall 2010, 4 units will be required, including 2 of algebra, 1 of geometry, and 1 of college preparatory math such as trigonometry, analytic geometry, or elementary functions.

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:

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.

	Very important	Important	Considered	Not considered
Academic
Rigor of secondary school record	X
Class rank	X
Academic GPA	X
Recommendation		X
Standardized test scores	X
Application Essay	X
Nonacademic
Interview				X
Extracurricular activities			X
Talent/ability			X
Character/personal qualities		X
First generation		X
Alumni/ae relation			X
Geographical residence			X
State residency		X
Religious affiliation/commitment				X
Racial/ethnic status				X
Volunteer work			X
Work experience			X
Level of applicant's interest			X

SAT and ACT Policies

C8. Entrance exams

A. Does your institution make use of SAT, 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 2010.

ADMISSION
	Require	Recommend	Require for some	Considered if submitted	Not used
SAT or ACT	X
ACT only
SAT only
SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT
SAT Subject Tests only					X

B. If your institution will make use of the ACT in admission decisions for the first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants for Fall 2010, please indicate which ONE of the following applies:

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

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

	SAT essay	ACT essay
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 or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission:  02/15

    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): N/A

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):

Freshman Profile

Provide percentages for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2008, 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 2008 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores.

Include information for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students 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 reading for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item. Do not convert SAT scores to ACT scores 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 SAT scores: 63%	Number submitting SAT scores: 3,708
Percent submitting ACT scores: 76%	Number submitting ACT scores: 4,465

	25th percentile	75th percentile	Mean
SAT Critical Reading	520	630	579
SAT Math	550	650	598
SAT Total	1090	1270	1177
ACT Composite	24	28	26
ACT English	23	29	26
ACT Math	24	29	26

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

	SAT I Verbal	SAT I Math
700-800	7%	10%
600-699	34%	40%
500-599	45%	40%
400-499	12%	8%
300-399	1%	1%
200-299	<1%	0%

	ACT Composite	ACT English	ACT Math
30-36	17%	21%	19%
24-29	59%	48%	56%
18-23	23%	28%	22%
12-17	1%	3%	2%
6-11	0%	0%	0%
below 6	0%	0%	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 of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school class rank: 68%

Average high school class percentile rank of first-year (freshman) students: 77

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: 3.57

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

Admission Policies

C13. Application fee

Does your institution have an application fee? Yes No

Amount of application fee: $50 ($70 for international students)

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
	Free
	Reduced

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

C14. Application closing date

Does your institution have an application closing date? Yes No

Priority date: December 15

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:
By (date): 02/15 (early action) or 04/01 (regular decision)
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.
Other:

Deadline for housing deposit (MMDD):

Amount of housing deposit: $300

Refundable if student does not enroll?
Yes, in full
Yes, in part
No

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

Yes No

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: Question removed from CDS. (Initiated during 2006-07 cycle)

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 2008 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: December 15
Early action notification date: February 15
Is your early action plan a "restrictive" plan under which you limit students from applying to other early plans?  Yes No

Last revision 02/02/09