2004-05 Common Data Set

Section C. First-Time, First-Year (Freshman) Admission (2004-2005)

ApplicationsC1. First-time, first-year (freshman) students:
Provide the number of degree-seeking first-time, first-year who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in Fall 2004. 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have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, no admission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).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 first-time, first-year (freshman) men who applied	3,157
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied	3,842
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) who applied
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted	2,551
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted	3,072
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) who were admitted
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled	1,065
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled	1,262
Total full-time, first-time , first-year (freshman) who enrolled
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled	29
Total part-time, first-time , first-year (freshman) women who enrolled	24
Total part-time, first-time , first-year (freshman) who enrolled

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 2004 admissions:

Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list
Number accepting a place on the waiting list
Number of wait-listed students admitted

Admission Requirements

C3. High school completion requirement
High school completion requirement(s) 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 require 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 equivalent). If you use a different system for calculating units, please convert.

	Units required	Units recommended
Total academic units	15
English	4
Mathematics	3	4
Science	3	4
-of these, units that must be lab	3
Foreign language	1	2
Social Studies	1	2
History	2
Academic electives	1
Other:

Basis for Selection

C6. 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)	admission is NOT open

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
Secondary school record
Class rank
Recommendations
Standardized test scores
Essays
Non-Academic
Interview
Extracurricular activities
Talent/ability
Character/personal qualities
Alumni/ae relation
Geographical residence
State residency
Religious affiliation/commitment
Minority status
Volunteer work
Work experience

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 a 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 exams

Does your institution make use of SAT Reasoning Test, ACT, or SAT Subject Test scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year degree-seeking applicants?

Yes No

If yes, please select the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institution’s policies for use in admission.

	ADMISSIONS
	Require	Recommend	Require for some	Consider if submitted	Not used
SAT Reasoning Test only
ACT Only
SAT Reasoning or ACT
SAT Reasoning or SAT Subject Tests
SAT Reasoning and SAT Subject Tests or ACT
SAT Subject Tests only

B. If your institution will make use of the ACT in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants for Fall 2006, please indicate which ONE of the following applies:

ACT with Writing component required

ACT without Writing component accepted

ACT with or without Writing component accepted

C. If your institution will make use of the new SAT Reasoning Test scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants for Fall 2006, please indicate which ONE of the following applies:

New SAT Reasoning Test required

New SAT Reasoning Test or the “old” SAT I (administered prior to March 2005 and without a writing component) accepted

D.In addition, does your institution use applicants’ test scores for placement or counseling?

Placement	Yes No
Counseling	Yes No

E. Does your institution use the SAT Reasoning or SAT Subject Tests or the ACT for placement only? If so, please mark the appropriate boxes below:
	PLACEMENT
	Require	Recommend	Require for some
SAT Reasoning
SAT Subject Tests
ACT
SAT Reasoning or ACT

F. Latest date by which SAT or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission:	04/01
Latest date by which SAT Subject Tests scores must be received for fall-term admission:
G. 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):

Freshman Profile

Provide percentages for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in Fall 2004, 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 not verbal for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item. SAT scores should be recenteredscores. 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	21
Percent submitting ACT scores	78
Number submitting SAT scores	485
Number submitting ACT scores	1,771

	25th percentile	75th percentile
SAT I Verbal
SAT I Math
ACT Composite	20	26
ACT English	20	27
ACT Math	18	25

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

	SAT I Verbal	SAT I Math
700-800
600-699
500-599
400-499
300-399
200-299

	ACT Composite	ACT English	ACT Math
30-36	9	16	4
24-29	34	32	31
18-23	51	41	42
12-17	6	11	23
6-11
below 6

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 10th of high school graduating class
Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class	46
Percent in top half of high school graduating class	75
Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class	25
Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class	8
Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school class rank:	58

C11. Percent 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 a GPA of 3.0 or higher	66
Percent who had a GPA between 2.0 and 2.99	33
Percent who had a GPA between 1.0 and 1.99	1
Percent who had a GPA below 1.0	0

C12.

Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first year (freshman) students who submitted GPA:	3.20
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	25
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
Application closing date (Fall)	07/20
Priority date	06/15

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 (date)	10/01
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		weeks if notified thereafter
Other

C18. Deferred admission:

Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission?	Yes No
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 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

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
Number of early decision applicants received by your institution for the Fall 2004 entering class:
Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan for the Fall 2004 entering class:
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
Early action notification date
Rolling Not Rolling