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 2004. 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have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).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:
Total women applied:
Total applied: 1338

Total men admitted:
Total women admitted:
Total admitted: 984

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men enrolled: 194
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women enrolled: 387
Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) enrolled: 581

Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men enrolled: 15
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women enrolled: 24
Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) enrolled: 39

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 2004 admissions:
Number of qualified applicants placed on waiting list:
Number accepting a place on the waiting list:
Number of wait-listed students admitted:

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

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?

Required

Recommended

Neither required nor recommended

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	21
English	4
Mathematics	4
Science	3
Of these, units that must be lab	3
Foreign language	2
Social studies	2
History	1
Academic electives	4
Other (specify)	1-PE or ROTC

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? No

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
Secondary school record
Class rank
Recommendation(s)
Standardized test scores
Essay
Nonacademic
Interview
Extracurricular activities
Talent/ability
Character/personal qualities
Alumni/ae relation
Geographical residence
State residency
Religious affiliation/commitment
Minority status
Volunteer work
Work experience

SAT and ACT Policies
Note: The SAT I is now called SAT Reasoning or the SAT; SAT II Tests are now called SAT Subject Tests. As of March 2005 the SAT Reasoning Test will include a mandatory writing component; the SAT Subject Test in Writing will not be administered after January 2005. The ACT will have an optional writing component as of February 2005.

C8. Entrance exams

A. Does your institution make use of SAT Reasoning Test, ACT, or SAT Subject Test scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants?       Yes       No

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	Considered if submitted	Not used
SAT Reasoning Test only
ACT Only
SAT Reasoning or ACT (no preference)
SAT Reasoning or SAT Subject Tests
SAT Reasoning or 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 2006, please indicate which ONE of the following applies:

ACT with Writing component required

ACT without Writing component accepted

ACT with or without Writing component accepted

C. If your institution will make use of the new SAT Reasoning Test scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants for Fall 2006, please indicate which ONE of the following applies:

New SAT Reasoning Test required

New SAT Reasoning Test or the "old" SAT I (administered prior to March 2005 and without a writing component) accepted

 

D. In addition, Does your institution use applicants' test scores for placement or counseling?
    Placement         Yes       No
    Counseling       Yes       No

E. Does your institution use the SAT Reasoning or SAT Subject tests or the ACT for placement only? If so, please mark the appropriate boxes below:

	PLACEMENT
	Require	Recommend	Require for some
SAT Reasoning
SAT Subject Tests
ACT
SAT Reasoning or ACT

F. Latest date by which SAT or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission: August 15

Latest date by which SAT Subject Tests scores must be received for fall-term admission: Not applicable

G. 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):

Minimum SAT score of 800 or ACT score of 17 required____________________________

Freshman Profile

Provide percentages for ALL enrolled degree-seeking full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2004, 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 2004 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 percent scored at or above.

Percent submitting SAT scores: 77     Number submitting SAT scores:
Percent submitting ACT scores: 23     Number submitting ACT scores:

	25th percentile	75th percentile
SAT I Verbal	430	540
SAT I Math	440	550
ACT Composite	17	21
ACT English
ACT Math

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

	SAT I Verbal	SAT I Math
700-800	1	1
600-699	9	10
500-599	37	44
400-499	42	39
300-399	11	6
200-299	0	0

	ACT Composite	ACT English	ACT Math
30-36	0
24-29	11
18-23	54
12-17	35
6-11	0
below 6	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: 14
Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class: 41
Percent in top half of high school graduating class: 77
Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class: 23

Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school class rank: 95

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:
Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.9:
Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99:
Percent who had GPA below 1.0:

C12. Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA: 3.45

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

Admission Policies

C13. Application fee

Does your institution have an application fee?       Yes       No
Amount of application fee: $35.00
Can it be waived for applicants with financial need?       Yes (SC residents only)       No

C14. Application closing date

Does your institution have an application closing date?       Yes       No
Application closing date (fall:) August 1
Priority date: July 1

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): _________
Other: notified continuously

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

Must reply by (date):
Must reply by May 1 or within 2 weeks if notified thereafter
Other__________

C18. Deferred admission: Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission?
      Yes       No
If yes, maximum period of postponement:__12_____

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: Will you accept the Common Application distributed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals if submitted?       Yes       No
If "yes," are supplemental forms required?       Yes       No
Is your college a member of the Common Application Group?       Yes       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?       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__________

For the Fall 2004 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?

      Yes       No

If "yes," please complete the following:

Early action closing date__________
Early action notification date__________

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