UK CDS 2001-02 FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (FRESHMAN) ADMISSION

C. FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (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 2001. 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have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).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 first-time, first-year (freshman) men who applied	3,853
	Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied	4,596
	Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted	3,117
	Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted	3,797
	Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled	1,445
	Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled	17
	Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled	1671
	Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled	7

C2. Freshman wait-listed students (students who met admission requirements but whose final admission was contingent on space vailability)
Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list? No

Admission Requirements
C3. High school completion requirement:

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? Require

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	3	4
Science	2
Of these, units that must be lab
Foreign language		2
Social studies
History	2
Academic electives	9
Other (specify)

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: Not Applicable

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	þ	¨	¨	¨
Class rank	¨	¨	þ	¨
Recommendation(s)	¨	¨	þ	¨
Standardized test scores	þ	¨	¨	¨
Essay	¨	¨	¨	þ

*Nonacademic*
Interview	¨	¨	þ	¨
Extracurricular activities	¨	¨	þ	¨
Talent/ability	¨	¨	þ	¨
Character/personal qualities	¨	¨	þ	¨
Alumni/ae relation	¨	¨	þ	¨
Geographical residence	¨	¨	þ	¨
State residency	¨	¨	¨	þ
Religious affiliation/commitment	¨	¨	¨	þ
Minority status	¨	¨	þ	¨
Volunteer work	¨	¨	þ	¨
Work experience	¨	¨	¨	þ

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.

	ADMISSION
	Require	Recommend	Require for Some	Consider If Submitted	Not Used
SAT I	¨	¨	¨	¨	¨
ACT	¨	¨	¨	¨	¨
SAT I or ACT (no preference)	þ	¨	¨	¨	¨
SAT I or ACT--SAT I preferred	¨	¨	¨	¨	¨
SAT I or ACT--ACT preferred	¨	¨	¨	¨	¨
SAT I and SAT II	¨	¨	¨	¨	¨
SAT I and SAT II or ACT	¨	¨	¨	¨	¨
SAT II	¨	¨	¨	¨	¨

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

	Placement	Yes
	Counseling	No

C. Latest date by which SAT I or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission February 15

D. 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):
Convert all SATI to ACT using standard concordance table.

Freshman Profile
Provide percentages for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, full-time and
part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2001,
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 2001 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 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 percent scored at or above.

	Percent submitting SAT scores	34.8%
	Number submitting SAT scores	1058
	Percent submitting ACT scores	92%
	Number submitting ACT scores	2795

25th Percentile

75th Percentile

SAT I Verbal

500

610

SAT I Math

510

630

ACT Composite

21

26

ACT English

21

28

ACT Math

20

27

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

SAT I Verbal

SAT I Math

700-800

5.75

7.8%

600-699

25.6%

30.7%

500-599

47.0%

42.3%

400-499

20.9%

17.8%

300-399

0.9%

1.4%

200-299

0%

0.1%

ACT Composite

ACT English

ACT Math

30-36

8.5%

12.7%

9.5%

24-29

44.7%

41.3%

41.5%

18-23

45.5%

42.2%

43.1%

12-17

1.3%

3.8%

6.0%

6-11

0%

0.1%

0%

Below 6

0%

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 tenth of high school graduating class    28%

Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class      59%

Percent in top half of high school graduating class    90%

Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class    10%

Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class     1%

Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school class rank:    76%

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	88.9
	Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.99	11.1
	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: 3.53

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
	Amount of application fee:	$20
	Can it be waived for applicants with financial need?	No

C14. Application closing date

	Does your institution have an application closing date?	Yes
	Application closing date (fall):	February 15

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 (date): October 15

C17. Reply policy for admitted applicants No set date

C18. Deferred admission: Does your institution allow students to postpone
enrollment after admission? No

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

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 __________

For the Fall 2001 entering class:
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 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