Natalie Snow
Director of Institutional Research

Freshman Admission

APPLICATIONS

C1. First-time, first-year (freshman) students

Provide the number of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in fall 2012. Include early decision, early action and students who began studies during summer in this cohort. Applicants should include only those students who fulfilled the requirements for consideration for admission (i.e., who completed actionable applications) and who have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, placement on waiting list or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).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: 4.041
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied: 5,689

Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted: 2,652
Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted: 3,918

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled: 840
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled: 5

Total full-time first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled: 1,150
Total part-time first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled: 2

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? No

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

C3. High school completion requirement for degree-seeking entering students: High school diploma is required and GED is accepted

C4. Does your institution require or recommend a general college-preparatory program for degree-seeking students: 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-seeding students using Carnegie units (one unit equals one year of study or its equivalent)

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? No

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

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

If yes, place check marks in the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institution's policies for use in admission for Fall 2014.

B. If your institution will make use of the ACT in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants for fall 2013, please indicate which of the following applies: ACT with or without Writing component accepted

C. Please indicate how your institution will use the SAT or ACT writing component: No college policy as of now

D. In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for academic advising? No

E. Latest date by which SAT or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission: N/A

F. If necessary, use this space to clarify your test policies (e.g., if tests are recommended for some students, or if tests are not required of some students): Medical Technology applicants must submit results of SAT Achievement Tests in biology and chemistry

G. Please indicate which tests your institution uses for placement (e.g., state tests): SAT; ACT; SAT Subject Tests; AP; CLEP

FRESHMAN PROFILE

Provide percentages for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2011, 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 2012 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores. Include information for all enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted test scores. Do no 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. 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: 96.0%
Number submitting SAT scores: 1,918
Percent submitting ACT scores: 12.2%
Number submitting ACT scores: 243

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

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 tenth of high school graduating class: 5.3%
Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class: 21.5%
Percent in top half of high school graduating class: 60.4%
Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class: 39.6%
Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class: 10.2%
Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school class rank: 78.3%

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 htose students from whom you collected high school GPA

Percent who had GPA of 3.75 and higher: 10.3%
Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.74: 13.8%
Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49: 15.7%
Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.24: 19.9%

Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.99: 32.2%
Percent who had GPA between 2.00 and 2.49: 8.0%

Percent who had GPA between 1.00 and 1.99: 0.1%
Percent who had GPA below 1.00: 0.0%

C12. Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA: 3.13

Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA: 68.9%

ADMISSION POLICIES

C13. Application fee

Does your institution have an application fee? Yes

Amount of application fee: $35

Can it be waived for applicants with financial need? Yes

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

Can on-line application fee be waived for applicants with financial need? Yes

C14. Application closing date

Does your institution have an application closing date? No

Priority date: December 1

C15. Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall? Yes

C16. Notification to applicants of admission decision sent: On a rolling basis beginning on October 1

C17. Reply policy for admitted applicants: Must reply by May 1

Deadline for housing deposit: May 1
Amount of housing deposit: $50
Refundable if student does not enroll? No

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

If yes, maximum period of postponement: 1 year

C19. Early admission of high school students: Does you 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

C21. Early decision: Does your institution offer 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? No

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? No

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