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Academic preparation of freshman - Admits by college 1999 - 2009

See explanatory notes
- Pct in top x% of HS class calculated using cases with non-missing HS rank
- CU predicted GPA is primarily a function of HS GPA. Calculation is specific to college.
- CCHE index is a function of test scores and HS GPA/rank

Also see data from - 1988 - 1998 || 1999 - 2009 || 2010 - present

Arch. & Planning

Admits	Fall of
Admits	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total	330	363	388	416	490	474	350	360	300	348	287
No high school rank	32%	31%	24%	22%	25%	30%	23%	31%	28%	32%	37%
Top 10% of HS class	27%	22%	24%	25%	31%	29%	24%	30%	25%	29%	24%
Top 20% of HS class	49%	48%	50%	50%	56%	51%	49%	50%	49%	54%	51%
Top 25% of HS class	58%	57%	59%	63%	64%	63%	57%	58%	61%	65%	64%
Top 50% of HS class	95%	91%	96%	96%	97%	91%	91%	93%	97%	96%	93%
Avg high school percentile rank	77.5	75.7	76.7	77.6	79.3	77.0	74.6	76.5	77.7	78.5	77.3
High school GPA	3.47	3.49	3.52	3.57	3.60	3.56	3.57	3.57	3.57	3.63	3.59
SAT-high single adm	1165	1148	1171	1178	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
SAT-high components	.	.	.	1184	1197	1174	1183	1182	1173	1181	1187
ACT-high single adm	24.8	24.3	24.9	25.5	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
ACT-high components	.	.	.	25.7	25.6	25.4	25.0	25.4	25.3	26.3	26.8
Predicted CU GPA	2.89	2.88	2.92	2.97	3.00	3.01	3.01	3.02	3.01	3.09	3.07
CCHE index-Original	111.7	111.2	113.0	114.2	115.5	114.2	.	.	.	.	.
CCHE index-2004 revision	.	.	.	.	.	117.3	116.6	117.2	117.2	119.4	119.2

Arts & Sciences

Admits	Fall of
Admits	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total	8,807	9,507	10,482	10,908	12,045	11,576	10,518	11,561	11,660	12,889	11,822
No high school rank	36%	36%	31%	33%	33%	36%	35%	39%	40%	44%	43%
Top 10% of HS class	26%	24%	25%	26%	26%	27%	26%	23%	24%	27%	25%
Top 20% of HS class	47%	45%	47%	47%	49%	49%	46%	42%	46%	49%	46%
Top 25% of HS class	57%	54%	58%	58%	59%	60%	55%	52%	56%	59%	55%
Top 50% of HS class	91%	88%	92%	91%	92%	91%	89%	88%	91%	92%	91%
Avg high school percentile rank	75.2	73.9	75.6	75.6	76.1	76.0	74.4	73.2	75.1	76.5	75.0
High school GPA	3.41	3.43	3.49	3.50	3.54	3.53	3.52	3.49	3.53	3.54	3.52
SAT-high single adm	1169	1165	1174	1174	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
SAT-high components	.	.	.	1181	1196	1191	1189	1175	1182	1182	1182
ACT-high single adm	24.8	25.0	25.1	25.1	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
ACT-high components	.	.	.	25.2	25.5	25.6	25.4	25.2	25.7	26.0	26.2
Predicted CU GPA	2.87	2.88	2.93	2.93	2.97	3.00	2.99	2.95	3.00	3.01	3.00
CCHE index-Original	111.2	111.6	113.1	113.2	114.4	114.2	.	.	.	.	.
CCHE index-2004 revision	.	.	.	.	.	117.2	116.5	115.4	116.8	117.3	117.0

Business

Admits	Fall of
Admits	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total	1,500	1,658	1,836	1,988	2,154	2,275	2,171	1,952	1,911	2,248	2,020
No high school rank	35%	35%	30%	31%	35%	37%	38%	38%	38%	38%	40%
Top 10% of HS class	26%	25%	24%	24%	26%	26%	21%	28%	30%	35%	32%
Top 20% of HS class	50%	50%	52%	51%	51%	52%	46%	54%	59%	64%	60%
Top 25% of HS class	63%	62%	64%	63%	64%	64%	59%	68%	69%	75%	72%
Top 50% of HS class	95%	95%	96%	95%	95%	95%	94%	98%	98%	98%	97%
Avg high school percentile rank	77.5	77.1	78.1	77.3	77.9	77.8	76.2	79.7	80.3	82.2	81.1
High school GPA	3.47	3.52	3.57	3.58	3.59	3.58	3.58	3.66	3.70	3.74	3.70
SAT-high single adm	1171	1178	1181	1182	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
SAT-high components	.	.	.	1189	1203	1205	1203	1203	1208	1222	1214
ACT-high single adm	25.2	25.2	25.4	25.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
ACT-high components	.	.	.	25.6	25.9	26.1	25.9	26.0	26.7	27.1	27.4
Predicted CU GPA	2.90	2.94	2.97	2.99	3.01	3.11	3.10	3.17	3.21	3.26	3.23
CCHE index-Original	112.5	113.8	114.8	115.2	116.3	116.3	.	.	.	.	.
CCHE index-2004 revision	.	.	.	.	.	119.2	118.8	120.2	121.6	123.0	122.3

Engineering

Admits	Fall of
Admits	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total	1,567	1,599	1,768	1,841	1,902	1,938	1,780	1,799	2,003	2,158	2,101
No high school rank	26%	26%	22%	21%	24%	25%	25%	27%	27%	29%	31%
Top 10% of HS class	48%	46%	43%	47%	46%	46%	44%	45%	48%	53%	52%
Top 20% of HS class	73%	70%	69%	69%	70%	70%	67%	70%	72%	77%	76%
Top 25% of HS class	81%	80%	78%	78%	79%	79%	77%	80%	82%	85%	84%
Top 50% of HS class	99%	99%	98%	98%	98%	99%	98%	99%	99%	99%	100%
Avg high school percentile rank	85.4	84.7	84.0	84.3	84.4	84.8	83.9	84.8	85.8	86.6	87.0
High school GPA	3.64	3.67	3.68	3.71	3.72	3.73	3.73	3.76	3.79	3.81	3.81
SAT-high single adm	1266	1258	1265	1263	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
SAT-high components	.	.	.	1269	1280	1282	1276	1276	1279	1297	1300
ACT-high single adm	27.3	27.4	27.3	27.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
ACT-high components	.	.	.	27.6	27.8	27.9	27.8	28.1	28.2	28.8	29.3
Predicted CU GPA	2.98	3.00	3.01	3.04	3.06	2.99	2.98	3.01	3.04	3.09	3.09
CCHE index-Original	121.8	121.9	122.4	122.8	123.7	124.0	.	.	.	.	.
CCHE index-2004 revision	.	.	.	.	.	125.7	125.2	126.0	126.7	128.1	128.7

Journalism

Admits	Fall of
Admits	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total	103	119	83	67
No high school rank	19%	19%	14%	30%
Top 10% of HS class	58%	56%	75%	66%
Top 20% of HS class	88%	89%	97%	89%
Top 25% of HS class	95%	95%	99%	96%
Top 50% of HS class	100%	100%	100%	100%
Avg high school percentile rank	89.7	89.4	92.8	90.7
High school GPA	3.90	3.92	3.97	3.94
SAT-high single adm	.	.	.	.
SAT-high components	1278	1277	1299	1300
ACT-high single adm	.	.	.	.
ACT-high components	28.8	28.7	29.8	29.9
Predicted CU GPA	3.42	3.44	3.52	3.49
CCHE index-Original	.	.	.	.
CCHE index-2004 revision	129.3	129.9	132.8	131.9

Music

Admits	Fall of
Admits	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total	125	124	97	126	144	101	110	129	115	137	124
No high school rank	30%	24%	16%	19%	28%	19%	15%	16%	24%	17%	27%
Top 10% of HS class	30%	37%	33%	27%	39%	29%	37%	27%	33%	38%	22%
Top 20% of HS class	51%	61%	49%	54%	64%	54%	57%	52%	56%	56%	54%
Top 25% of HS class	60%	65%	58%	57%	73%	65%	67%	59%	61%	68%	63%
Top 50% of HS class	86%	94%	91%	90%	91%	87%	92%	89%	92%	90%	91%
Avg high school percentile rank	75.5	79.1	75.9	75.5	80.0	75.6	78.3	76.1	77.3	79.1	76.2
High school GPA	3.43	3.58	3.53	3.54	3.64	3.60	3.66	3.60	3.67	3.66	3.70
SAT-high single adm	1192	1202	1200	1172	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
SAT-high components	.	.	.	1175	1227	1199	1228	1225	1213	1251	1239
ACT-high single adm	25.6	26.4	24.9	25.9	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
ACT-high components	.	.	.	26.0	26.4	26.4	26.4	26.4	27.0	27.0	27.5
Predicted CU GPA	3.20	3.30	3.25	3.24	3.36	3.30	3.35	3.31	3.39	3.38	3.42
CCHE index-Original	113.3	116.6	114.7	114.7	118.1	116.8	.	.	.	.	.
CCHE index-2004 revision	.	.	.	.	.	119.8	121.2	119.6	122.0	122.1	123.1

All

Admits	Fall of
Admits	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Total	12,329	13,251	14,571	15,279	16,735	16,364	14,929	15,904	16,108	17,863	16,421
No high school rank	34%	34%	30%	31%	32%	34%	34%	37%	37%	41%	41%
Top 10% of HS class	29%	27%	27%	29%	29%	29%	27%	27%	29%	32%	30%
Top 20% of HS class	51%	49%	51%	51%	52%	53%	49%	48%	52%	56%	53%
Top 25% of HS class	61%	59%	62%	61%	62%	63%	59%	58%	62%	66%	62%
Top 50% of HS class	93%	90%	93%	93%	93%	93%	91%	91%	93%	94%	93%
Avg high school percentile rank	77.0	75.8	77.1	77.1	77.5	77.5	76.0	75.7	77.5	78.9	77.7
High school GPA	3.45	3.48	3.53	3.54	3.57	3.56	3.55	3.54	3.59	3.60	3.59
SAT-high single adm	1182	1178	1187	1186	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
SAT-high components	.	.	.	1193	1207	1204	1202	1192	1198	1203	1204
ACT-high single adm	25.2	25.3	25.4	25.4	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
ACT-high components	.	.	.	25.6	25.9	26.0	25.8	25.7	26.2	26.5	26.8
Predicted CU GPA	2.89	2.91	2.95	2.96	2.99	3.02	3.01	2.99	3.03	3.06	3.05
CCHE index-Original	112.7	113.2	114.5	114.6	115.8	115.7	.	.	.	.	.
CCHE index-2004 revision	.	.	.	.	.	118.5	117.9	117.3	118.7	119.5	119.3

Source: SURDS UG applicant files -- may not match other records

Run Date 11/10/2011 -- L:\IR\emgt\ADM\qualcomp_thru20110831.sas

Last revision 11/10/11

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