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Academic preparation of freshman - Applicants by residency 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

 
Residents
Applicants Fall of
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 5,622 5,975 6,426 7,101 7,658 7,597 7,383 7,317 7,940 8,465 7,947
No high school rank 18% 18% 12% 12% 13% 13% 13% 15% 14% 17% 19%
Top 10% of HS class 30% 29% 27% 28% 28% 30% 29% 28% 28% 29% 29%
Top 20% of HS class 51% 50% 47% 49% 49% 51% 50% 49% 48% 50% 50%
Top 25% of HS class 60% 60% 57% 58% 58% 60% 58% 58% 57% 59% 58%
Top 50% of HS class 90% 89% 87% 88% 88% 89% 88% 88% 88% 88% 89%
Avg high school percentile rank 76.0 75.4 74.1 74.7 74.9 75.7 75.2 75.0 74.7 75.2 75.5
High school GPA 3.45 3.50 3.50 3.52 3.54 3.57 3.58 3.58 3.58 3.58 3.60
SAT-high single adm 1158 1149 1151 1151 . . . . . . .
SAT-high components . . . 1155 1174 1179 1186 1186 1188 1193 1200
ACT-high single adm 24.5 24.7 24.5 24.7 . . . . . . .
ACT-high components . . . 24.9 25.0 25.4 25.3 25.4 25.6 25.8 26.1
Predicted CU GPA 2.84 2.87 2.87 2.89 2.91 2.99 2.99 2.99 2.99 3.00 3.02
CCHE index-Original 111.0 111.6 111.5 111.8 112.6 114.0 . . . . .
CCHE index-2004 revision . . . . . 117.2 117.2 117.0 117.3 117.7 118.6
 



Non-residents
Applicants Fall of
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 8,934 9,478 11,952 11,947 13,155 11,662 9,619 10,744 11,788 14,382 11,553
No high school rank 48% 49% 44% 46% 47% 50% 54% 57% 59% 60% 62%
Top 10% of HS class 22% 21% 20% 21% 21% 21% 21% 21% 21% 24% 24%
Top 20% of HS class 41% 39% 41% 39% 40% 42% 39% 40% 42% 44% 45%
Top 25% of HS class 50% 48% 51% 49% 49% 52% 49% 50% 51% 53% 54%
Top 50% of HS class 83% 83% 85% 82% 83% 85% 83% 85% 85% 84% 87%
Avg high school percentile rank 70.8 70.2 71.2 70.1 70.3 71.4 70.3 71.1 71.4 72.3 73.1
High school GPA 3.30 3.35 3.37 3.37 3.40 3.42 3.41 3.42 3.42 3.44 3.46
SAT-high single adm 1168 1173 1173 1174 . . . . . . .
SAT-high components . . . 1182 1190 1194 1194 1179 1175 1181 1186
ACT-high single adm 25.0 25.2 25.1 25.0 . . . . . . .
ACT-high components . . . 25.1 25.5 25.5 25.6 25.5 25.7 26.0 26.4
Predicted CU GPA 2.79 2.82 2.84 2.84 2.87 2.91 2.91 2.90 2.90 2.93 2.94
CCHE index-Original 109.7 110.8 111.2 111.3 112.3 112.8 . . . . .
CCHE index-2004 revision . . . . . 115.5 115.3 114.6 114.7 115.6 116.3
 



All
Applicants Fall of
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Total 14,556 15,453 18,378 19,048 20,813 19,259 17,002 18,061 19,728 22,847 19,500
No high school rank 37% 37% 33% 33% 35% 35% 36% 40% 41% 44% 44%
Top 10% of HS class 26% 25% 23% 24% 25% 26% 25% 25% 25% 27% 27%
Top 20% of HS class 46% 45% 44% 44% 44% 47% 45% 45% 46% 47% 48%
Top 25% of HS class 55% 54% 53% 53% 53% 56% 55% 54% 55% 56% 57%
Top 50% of HS class 86% 86% 86% 85% 85% 87% 86% 87% 87% 86% 88%
Avg high school percentile rank 73.4 72.8 72.5 72.3 72.6 73.7 73.2 73.3 73.3 73.9 74.6
High school GPA 3.36 3.41 3.42 3.43 3.45 3.48 3.49 3.48 3.48 3.49 3.51
SAT-high single adm 1164 1164 1166 1167 . . . . . . .
SAT-high components . . . 1173 1185 1189 1191 1181 1179 1184 1190
ACT-high single adm 24.7 24.9 24.8 24.8 . . . . . . .
ACT-high components . . . 25.0 25.2 25.4 25.4 25.4 25.6 25.9 26.3
Predicted CU GPA 2.81 2.84 2.85 2.86 2.89 2.94 2.94 2.94 2.94 2.95 2.98
CCHE index-Original 110.2 111.1 111.3 111.5 112.4 113.3 . . . . .
CCHE index-2004 revision . . . . . 116.2 116.1 115.6 115.8 116.4 117.3

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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