Common Data Set

1998 - 1999

C. First-Time, First-Year (Freshman) Admission

Applications

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 1998. 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have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).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:  1230

Total women applied:  89

Total men admitted (accepted):  1014

Total women admitted (accepted):  71

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men enrolled:  454

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

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women enrolled:  30

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?  No

Admission Requirements

C3. High school completion requirement

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

High school diploma is required and GED is accepted

Required

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:  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 I, SAT II, or ACT 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.
 

Freshman Profile

Provide percentages for ALL enrolled degree-seeking full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 1998, 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 1998 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 recentered scores. The 25th percentile is the score that 25 percent scored at or below; the 75th percentile score is the one that 25 percen scored at or above.
 

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:  13 %

Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class:  37 %

Percent in top half of high school graduating class:  70 %

Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class:  30 %

Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class:  6 %

Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school class rank:  86 %

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 3.0 and higher:  51 %

Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.9:  49 %

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:  2.98

Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA:  98 %

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

C14. Application closing date

Does your institution have an application closing date?  No
 
C15. Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall?

  No

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

On a rolling basis beginning (date):  September 1

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

Must reply by (date):  May 1

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

Yes

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?  No

C20. Common application: Will you accept the Common Application distributed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals if submitted?  No
Is your college a member of the Common Application Group?  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?  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