Common Data Set C: First-Time, First-Year (Freshman) Admission (2015-2016)

Applications

C1. First-time, first-year (freshmen) students:

Provide the number of degree-seeking first-time, first-year students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in Fall 2015. 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have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, no admission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).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 10,616
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied 15,120
 
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted 7,151
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted 9,460
 
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled 2,318
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled 29
 
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled 2,838
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled 13

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 2015 admissions:

Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list 1,032
Number accepting a place on the waiting list 0
Number of wait-listed students admitted 0

 

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
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 its equivalent). If you use a different system for calculating units, please convert.

  Units required Units recommended
Total academic units 20  
English 4  
Mathematics 4  
Science 3  
   -of these, units that must be lab 3  
Foreign language 2  
Social Studies 2  
History 1  
Academic electives 1  
Computer Science   1
Visual/Performing Arts 1  
Other: PE or ROTC 1  


 

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)  

 

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
Class rank
Academic GPA
Standardized test scores
Application Essay
Recommendations
Non-Academic        
Interview
Extracurricular activities
Talent/ability
Character/personal qualities
First generation
Alumni/ae relation
Geographical residence
State residency
Religious affiliation/commitment
Racial/ethnic status
Volunteer work
Work experience
Level of applicant's interest

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, please select the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institution's policies for use in admission for Fall 2017.

  ADMISSIONS
  Require Recommend Require for some Consider if submitted Not used
SAT or ACT
ACT only
SAT only
SAT 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 2017, please indicate which ONE of the following applies (regardless of whether the writing score will be used in the admissions process):
ACT with Writing required   
ACT with Writing recommended   
ACT with or without Writing accepted   

 

If your institution will make use of the SAT in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants for Fall 2017, please indicate which ONE of the following applies (regardless of whether the Essay score will be used in the admissions process):
SAT with Essay component required   
SAT with Essay component recommended   
SAT with or without Essay component accepted   



C. Please indicate how your institution will use the SAT or ACT essay 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: 02/01
Latest date by which SAT Subject Tests scores must be received for fall-term admission:  
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):
   
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 2015, 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 2015 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 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 55
Percent submitting ACT scores 46
Number submitting SAT scores 2,846
Number submitting ACT scores 2,353

  25th percentile 75th percentile
SAT Critical Reading 550 640
SAT Math 560 650
SAT Writing    
SAT Essay    
ACT Composite 25 30
ACT Math    
ACT English    
ACT Writing    

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

  SAT Critical Reading SAT Math SAT Writing
700-800 10 9  
600-699 39 50  
500-599 47 37  
400-499 4 4  
300-399      
200-299      
Totals should = 100% 100% 100% 0%

  ACT Composite ACT English ACT Math
30-36 27      
24-29 59      
18-23 14      
12-17        
6-11        
below 6        
Totals should = 100% 100% 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 in top 10th of high school graduating class 30
Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class 65
Percent in top half of high school graduating class 94
Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class 6
Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class 0
Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school class rank: 100

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 3.75 or higher 72
Percent who had a GPA between 3.50 and 3.74 13
Percent who had a GPA between 3.25 and 3.49 9
Percent who had a GPA between 3.00 and 3.24 4
Percent who had a GPA between 2.50 and 2.99 2
Percent who had a GPA between 2.00 and 2.49 0
Percent who had a GPA between 1.00 and 1.99 0
Percent who had a GPA below 1.00 0
Total should = 100% 100%

C12.

Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first year (freshman) students who submitted GPA: 4.07
Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA: 99.9



Admission Policies

C13. Application Fee

Does your institution have an application fee? Yes       No      
Amount of application fee $65  
Can it be waived for applicants with financial need? Yes       No      


If you have an application fee and an online application option, please indicate policy for students who apply online:
Same fee
Free
Reduced


Can online 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      
Application closing date (Fall) 12/01
Priority date 12/01

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)  
By (date) 03/14
Other  

C17. Reply policy for admitted applicants (fill in one only)

Must reply by (date) 05/01
No set date
Must reply by May 1 or within 2 weeks if notified thereafter
Other  
Deadline for housing deposit (MM/DD): 03/01
Amount of housing deposit: $150
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: 1 year

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.

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 2015 entering class:  
Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan for the Fall 2015 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 10/15
Early action notification date 12/15


Is your early action plan a "restrictive" plan under which you limit students from applying to other early plans? Yes       No      

 

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