Applications:

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

Total first-time, first-year (freshmen) men who applied: 1,471
Total first-time, first-year (freshmen) women who applied: 2,009

Total first-time, first-year (freshmen) men who were admitted: 751
Total first-time, first-year (freshmen) women who were admitted: 998

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshmen) men who enrolled: 240
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshmen) men who enrolled: 0

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshmen) women who enrolled: 265
Total part-time first-time, first-year (freshmen) women who enrolled: 0

C2. Freshman wait-listed students

Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list? Yes.

If yes, please answer the questions below for fall 2001 admissions:

Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list: 254
Number accepting a place on the waiting list: 136
Number of wait-listed students admitted: 0

Admissions Requirements

C3. High school completion requirement: High school diploma or equivalent is not required.

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.

	Units required	Units recommended
Total academic units
English		4
Mathematics		3
Science		3
--of science, those that must be lab		3
Foreign language		3
Social studies or history		3
Academic electives
Other

Basis for Selection

C6. Do you have an open admission policy? No.

C7. Relative importance of each of the following factors in your first-time first-year degree-seeking admissions:

Academic
Secondary school record	very important
Class rank	considered
Recommendations	important
Standardized test scores	important
Essay	important
Non-academic
Interview	considered
Extracurricular activities	important
Talent/ability	considered
Character/personal qualities	important
Alumnia/relation	considered
Geographical residence	not considered
State residency	not considered
Religious affiliation/commitment	not considered
Minority status	considered
Volunteer work	considered
Work experience	considered

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, reflect your institutions policies below:

SAT I or ACT (no preference)	Required
SAT II	Considered if submitted

Does your institution use applicants test scores for placement or counseling? Placement - yes, counseling - yes.

B. Does your institution use the SAT I or ACT for placement only? No

C. Latest date by which SAT I or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission: January 15.
Latest date by which SAT II scores must be received for fall-term admission: N/A.

D. Use this space to clarify your test policies: Students whose native language is not English must also submit the results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the SAT II English Language Proficiency Test (ELPT). SAT verbal is not required of these students.

Freshmen Profile

C9. First-time first-year (freshmen) students enrolled in fall 2001 who submitted SAT/ACT test scores.

Percent submitting SAT scores: 72%
Number submitting SAT scores: 365
Percent submitting ACT scores: 51%
Number submitting ACT scores: 258

	25th percentile	75th percentile
SAT I Verbal	640	730
SAT I Math	610	710
ACT Composite	28	31
ACT English
ACT Math

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

	SAT I Verbal	SAT I Math
700-800	46%	31%
600-699	46	52
500-599	8	17
400-499	0	0
300-399	0	0
200-299	0	0

	ACT Composite
30-36	48%
24-29	50
18-23	2
12-17	0
6-11	0
Below 6	0

C10. First-time, first-year (freshmen) students who had high school class rank with in the following ranges:

Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class: 65%
Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class: 93%
Percent in top half of high school graduating class: 100%
Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class: 0%
Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class: 0%

Percent who submitted high school class rank: 69%

C11. First-time, first-year (freshmen) students who had high school grade point averages within each of the following ranges (using 4.0 scale). Includes only those from whom you collected high school GPA.

Percent who had GPA of 3.0 and higher: N/A
Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.99: N/A
Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99: N/A
Percent who had GPA below 1.0: N/A

C12. Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshmen) students who submitted GPA: N/A

Percent of total first-time first-year (freshmen) students who submitted high school GPA: N/A

Admission Policies

C13. Application fee

Does your institution have an application fee? Yes.
Amount of application fee: $40
Can it be waived for applicants with financial need? Yes.

C14. Application closing date

Does your institution have an application closing date? Yes.
Application closing date (fall): January 15
Priority date: None.

C15. Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall? No.

C16. Notification to applicants of admission decision sent: by April 1st.

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

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 your institution allow high school students to enroll as full-time, first-time, first-year (freshmen) students one year or more before high school graduation? Yes.

C20. Common application:

Will you accept the Common Application distributed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals
if submitted? Yes.
If yes, are supplemental forms required? Yes.
Is your college a member of the Common Application Group? Yes.

Early Decision and Early Action Plans

C21. Early decision: Does your institution offer an early decision plan? Yes.

If yes, please complete the following:
First or only early decision plan closing date: November 15.
First or only early decision plan notification date: December 15
Other early decision plan closing date: January 15
Other early decision plan notification date: February 7

For the Fall 2001 entering class:
Number of early decision applications received: 206
Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan: 114

C22. Early action: Do you have a non-binding early action plan? No.

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