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Sheet: CDS-C

C. FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (FRESHMAN) ADMISSION
 | Applications
C1 | First-time, first-year, (freshmen) students: Provide the number of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in Fall 2011. 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have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).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.
C1 | Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who applied |  |  | 5789
C1 | Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied |  |  | 8513
C1 | Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted |  |  | 3675
C1 | Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted |  |  | 5984
C1 | Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled |  |  | 1512
C1 | Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled |  |  | 6
C1 | Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled |  |  | 2318
C1 | Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled |  |  | 8
C2 | Freshman wait-listed students (students who met admission requirements but whose final admission was contingent on space availability)
 |  |  |  | Yes | No
C2 | Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list? |  |  |  | X
C2 | If yes, please answer the questions below for Fall 2011 admissions:
C2 | Number of qualified applicants offered a placed on waiting list
C2 | Number accepting a place on the waiting list
C2 | Number of wait-listed students admitted
C2 | Is your waiting list ranked?
C2 | If yes, do you release that information to students?
C2 | Do you release that information to school counselors?
 | Admission Requirements
[NAME] | High school completion requirement
[NAME] | High school diploma is required and GED is accepted |  | X
[NAME] | High school diploma is required and GED is not accepted
[NAME] | High school diploma or equivalent is not required
C4 | Does your institution require or recommend a general college-preparatory program for degree-seeking students?
C4 | Require |  | X
C4 | Recommend
C4 | Neither require nor 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-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.
C5 |  | Units Required | Units Recommended
C5 | Total academic units
C5 | English | 4
C5 | Mathematics | 3 | 4
C5 | Science | 3
C5 | Of these, units that must be      lab | 2
C5 | Foreign language |  | 3
C5 | Social studies | 3
C5 | History | Same as Social Studies
C5 | Academic electives
C5 | Computer Science
C5 | Visual/Performing Arts
C5 | 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:
C6 | Open admission policy as described above for all students
C6 | Open admission policy as described above for most students, but--
C6 | selective admission for out-of-state students
C6 | selective admission to some programs
C6 | other (explain)
 | we do not have an open admission policy
C7 | Relative importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in first-time, first-year, degree-seeking (freshman) admission decisions.
C7 |  | Very Important | Important | Considered | Not Considered
C7 | Academic
C7 | [NAME] of secondary school record | X
C7 | Class rank |  |  |  | X
C7 | Academic GPA | X
C7 | Standardized test scores | X
C7 | Application Essay |  |  | X
C7 | Recommendation(s) |  |  | X
C7 | Nonacademic
C7 | Interview |  |  |  | X
C7 | Extracurricular activities |  |  | X
C7 | Talent/ability |  |  | X
C7 | Character/personal qualities |  |  |  | X
C7 | First generation |  |  |  | X
C7 | Alumni/ae relation |  |  |  | X
C7 | Geographical residence |  |  |  | X
C7 | State residency |  |  |  | X
C7 | Religious affiliation/commitment |  |  |  | X
C7 | Racial/ethnic status |  |  |  | X
C7 | [NAME] work |  |  | X
C7 | Work experience |  |  | X
C7 | Level of applicant’s interest |  |  |  | X
 | SAT and ACT Policies
C8 | Entrance exams
 |  |  |  | Yes | No
C8A | Does your institution make use of SAT, ACT, or SAT Subject Test scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants? |  |  | X
C8A | If yes, place check marks in the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institution’s policies for use in admission for Fall 2013.
C8A |  | ADMISSION
C8A |  | Require | Recommend | Require for Some | Consider if Submitted | Not Used
C8A | SAT or ACT |  |  | X
C8A | ACT only
C8A | SAT only
C8A | SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT |  |  |  |  | X
C8A | SAT Subject Tests only |  |  |  |  | X
C8B | 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 ONE of the following applies: (regardless of whether the writing score will be used in the admissions process):
C8B | ACT with Writing Component required
C8B | ACT with Writing component recommended |  |  | X
C8B | ACT with or without [NAME] component accepted
C8C | Please indicate how your institution will use the SAT or ACT writing component; check all that apply:
C8C |  |  |  | SAT essay | ACT essay
C8C | For admission |  |  | X
C8C | For placement |  |  | X
C8C | For advising |  |  | X
C8C | In place of an application essay
C8C | As a validity check on the application essay
C8C | No college policy as of now
C8C | Not using essay component
C8D | In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for academic advising?
C8D |  | Yes
C8E | Latest date by which SAT or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission |  |  | June test
C8E | Latest date by which SAT Subject Test scores must be received for fall-term admission |  |  | 2011-08-01 00:00:00
C8F | 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):
C8F | Non-traditional applicants (over age 23) typically do not have to submit standardized test scores.
[NAME] | Please indicate which tests your institution uses for placement (e.g., state tests):
[NAME] | SAT | X
[NAME] | ACT | X
[NAME] | SAT Subject Tests | X
[NAME] | AP | X
[NAME] | CLEP | X
[NAME] | Institutional Exam | X
[NAME] | State Exam (specify):
 | 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 2011 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 critical reading for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item. Do not convert SAT scores to ACT scores and vice versa. 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.
C9 | Percent submitting SAT scores | 0.71 | Number submitting SAT scores |  | 2709
C9 | Percent submitting ACT scores | 0.29 | Number submitting ACT scores |  | 1096
C9 |  | 25th Percentile | 75th Percentile
C9 | SAT Critical Reading | 480 | 580
C9 | SAT Math | 480 | 580
 | SAT Writing | 460 | 560
 | SAT Essay | n/a | n/a
C9 | ACT Composite | 20 | 24
C9 | ACT Math | 19 | 24
C9 | ACT English | 19 | 24
C9 | ACT Writing | 19 | 23
C9 | Percent of first-time, first-year (freshman) students with scores in each range:
C9 |  | SAT Critical Reading | SAT Math | SAT Writing
C9 | 700-800 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01
C9 | 600-699 | 0.17 | 0.19 | 0.12
C9 | 500-599 | 0.47 | 0.47 | 0.46
C9 | 400-499 | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.39
C9 | 300-399 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02
C9 | 200-299
 | Totals should = 100%
C9 |  | ACT Composite | ACT English | ACT Math
C9 | 30-36 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.04
C9 | 24-29 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.29
C9 | 18-23 | 0.69 | 0.53 | 0.54
C9 | 12-17 | 0.02 | 0.13 | 0.13
C9 | 6-11
C9 | Below 6
 | Totals should = 100%
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).
C10 | Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class |  |  | 0.17
C10 | Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class |  |  | 0.48
C10 | Percent in top half of high school graduating class |  |  | 0.89 | Top half +
C10 | Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class |  |  | 0.11 | bottom half = 100%
C10 | Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class |  |  | 0.01
C10 | Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshmen) students who submitted high school class rank: |  |  |  | 0.69
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.
C11 | Percent who had GPA of 3.75 and higher |  | 0.2056
C11 | Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.74 |  | 0.1603
C11 | Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49 |  | 0.1904
C11 | Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.24 |  | 0.1933
C11 | Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.99 |  | 0.2404
C11 | Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.49 |  | 0.0036
C11 | Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99
C11 | Percent who had GPA below 1.0
 | Percent Unknown |  | 0.006
 | Totals should = 100%
C12 | Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA: |  |  | 3.33
C12 | Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA: |  |  | 0.994
 | Admission Policies
C13 | Application Fee
C13 |  | Yes | No
C13 | Does your institution have an application fee? | X
C13 | Amount of application fee: | 55
C13 |  | Yes | No
C13 | Can it be waived for applicants with financial need? | Yes, student must submit documentation
C13 | If you have an application fee and an on-line application option, please indicate policy for students who apply on-line:
C13 | Same fee: | X
C13 | Free:
C13 | Reduced:
C13 |  | Yes | No
C13 | Can on-line application fee be waived for applicants with financial need? | X
C14 | Application closing date
C14 |  | Yes | No
C14 | Does your institution have an application closing date? | August 15
C14 | Application closing date (fall): | March 1
C14 | Priority date:
C15 |  |  |  | Yes | No
C15 | Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall? |  |  | X
C16 | Notification to applicants of admission decision sent (fill in one only)
C16 | On a rolling basis beginning (date): | X
C16 | By (date):
C16 | Other:
C17 | Reply policy for admitted applicants (fill in one only)
C17 | Must reply by (date):
C17 | No set date:
C17 | Must reply by May 1 or within _____ weeks if notified thereafter | 2 weeks
C17 | Other:
C17 | Deadline for housing deposit (MM/DD): |  | Returned with Housing Contract
C17 | Amount of housing deposit: |  | 125
C17 | Refundable if student does not enroll?
C17 | Yes, in full
C17 | Yes, in part
C17 | No | X
C18 | Deferred admission
C18 |  |  |  | Yes | No
C18 | Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission? |  |  | X
C18 | If yes, maximum period of postponement: |  | one year
C19 | Early admission of high school students
C19 |  |  |  | Yes | No
C19 | 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? |  |  |  | X
C20 | Common Application | Question removed from CDS. |  | ([NAME] during 2006-2007 cycle)
 | Early Decision and Early Action Plans
C21 | Early Decision
C21 |  |  |  | Yes | No
C21 | 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? |  |  |  | X
C21 | If “yes,” please complete the following:
C21 | First or only early decision plan closing date
C21 | First or only early decision plan notification date
C21 | Other early decision plan closing date
C21 | Other early decision plan notification date
C21 | For the Fall 2011 entering class:
C21 | Number of early decision applications received by your institution
C21 | Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan
C21 | Please provide significant details about your early decision plan:
C22 | Early action
C22 |  |  |  | Yes | No
C22 | 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? |  |  |  | X
C22 | If “yes,” please complete the following:
C22 | Early action closing date
C22 | Early action notification date
C22 | Is your early action plan a “restrictive” plan under which you limit students from applying to other early plans?
C22 | Yes | No
C22