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C1.  First-time, first year (freshman) students: Provide the number of degree-seeking students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in fall 2005.  Include early decision, early action, and students who began studies during summer in this cohort.  Applicants include all students who fulfilled the requirements for consideration for admission (including payment or waiving of the application fee, if any) and who have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, non admission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).  Admitted applicants should include wait-listed students who were subsequently offered admission.

Total men applied:   594

Total women applied:  1,264

Total men admitted:  482

Total women admitted:  1,094

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men enrolled:  220

Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men enrolled:   0

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women enrolled:  490

Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women enrolled:  0

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__X__  No ______

If yes, please answer the questions below for fall 2005 admissions:
           Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list: 519
           Number accepting a place on the waiting list: 519
           Number of wait-listed students admitted: 346

Is your waitlist ranked? No
If yes, do you release that informaiton to students? N/A
Do you release that information to school counselors? N/A

Admission Requirements

C3. High school completion requirements

Check the appropriate box to identify your high school completion requirement for degree-seeking entering students.

            __X___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

            _X___Recommended

            _____Neither required or 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.

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:

            Open admission policy as described above for all students: ________

            Open admission policy as described above for most students but

                        Selective admission for out-of-state students:____________

                        Selective admission to some programs: ___________

Other (explain): Moderately Selective-all student reviewed and scored by admissions counselors. 

C7. Relative importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in your first-time, first-year, degree-seeking (freshman) admission decisions.

SAT and ACT Policies
Note: The SAT I is now called SAT Reasoning or the SAT; SAT II Tests are now called SAT Subject Tests. As of March 2005 the SAT Reasoning Test will include mandatory writing component; the SAT Subject Test in Writing will not be administered after January 2005. The ACT will have an optional writing component as of February 2005.

C8.  Entrance exam

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 __X____   No_______

If yes, place check marks in the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institution’s policies for us in admission.

Admission

b.      If your institution will make use of the ACT in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants for Fall 2007, please indicate which ONE of the following applies:?

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

d. In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for academic advising?: Yes

e. Latest date by which SAT or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission:  March 1

Latest date by which SAT subject scores must be received for fall-term admission:  Not Available

f. If necessary, use this space to clarify your test policies (e.g., if tests recommended for some students, or if tests not required of some students):_________________________________

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

__________________________________________________________________________

Freshman Profile

Provide percentages for ALL enrolled degree-seeking full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2005, 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 2004 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 no 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 25^th percentile is the score that 25 percent scored at or below; the 75^th percentile score is the one that 25 percent scored at or above.

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

Average SAT Total: 1162

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 10^th of high school graduating class: 39%

Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class: 67%

Percent in top half of high school graduating class: 91%

Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class: 9%

Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class: 2%

Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school class rank: 40%

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: 49.65%

Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.74: 22.28%

Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49: 15.51%

Percent who had GPA between 3.0 and 3.24:  8.74%

Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.99: 3.53%

Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.49:  0.29%

Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99:  0%

Percent who had GPA below 1.0:  0%

C12.  Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA:   3.66

Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA: 100%

Admission Policies

C13. Application fee

Does your institution have an application fee?  Yes _X____   No_______

Amount of application fee:  $45

Can it be waived for applicants with financial need? Yes__X___  No _____

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

C14.  Application closing date

Does you institution have an application closing date?  Yes __X_____  No__________

Application closing date (fall):  March 1

Priority date:  February 1

C15.  Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall?
Yes __X____  No ________

C16.  Notification to applicants of admission decision sent (fill in one only)

On a rolling basis beginning (date):      

By (date):   March 3

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: June 1

Amount of housing deposit: $300

Refundable if student does not enroll?
Yes, in full if cancel by July 1
Yes, in part ____________
No if cancel after July 1

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

If yes, maximum period of postponement: 

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 ___X___  No__________

C20.  Common application:  Will you accept the Common Application distributed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals if submitted?  Yes _______  No__X_____

If yes, are supplemental forms required?  Yes _______  No_______

Is your college a member of the Common Application Group?  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 __X________

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: ____________________________

            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 non binding 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 __X________  No___________

If yes, please complete the following:

            Early action closing date:  November 15

            Early action notification date:  January 6

Is your early action plan a "restrictive" plan under which you limit students from applying to other early plans?  Yes ______  No___X_____

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