Institutional Effectiveness & Research: Common Data Set 2011-2012: First-Time, First-Year (Freshman) Admission

Institutional Effectiveness & Research: Common Data Set (2011-2012)

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have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).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				1269
C1	Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied				1158

C1	Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted				538
C1	Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted				472

C1	Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled				185
C1	Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled				0

C1	Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled				122
C1	Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled				0

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
C3	High school completion requirement
C3	High school diploma is required and GED is accepted			x
C3	High school diploma is required and GED is not accepted
C3	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			x
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
C5	Science	3
C5	Of these, units that must be lab
C5	Foreign language			2
C5	Social studies	3
C5	History
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				n/a
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)


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	Rigor 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	Volunteer 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
C8A	SAT Subject Tests only

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 Writing 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
C8C	For placement
C8C	For advising
C8C	In place of an application essay
C8C	As a validity check on the application essay
C8C	No college policy as of now				x	x
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				August 15, 2012
C8E	Latest date by which SAT Subject Test scores must be received for fall-term admission

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

C8G	Please indicate which tests your institution uses for placement (e.g., state tests):
C8G	SAT	x
C8G	ACT	x
C8G	SAT Subject Tests
C8G	AP	x
C8G	CLEP	x
C8G	Institutional Exam
C8G	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	83%	Number submitting SAT scores			256
C9	Percent submitting ACT scores		Number submitting ACT scores


C9		25th Percentile		75th Percentile
C9	SAT Critical Reading	390		530
C9	SAT Math	410		540
	SAT Writing
	SAT Essay
C9	ACT Composite
C9	ACT Math
C9	ACT English
C9	ACT Writing

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	1.50%		1.00%
C9	600-699	7.00%		12.50%
C9	500-599	33.00%		31.00%
C9	400-499	45.00%		50.00%
C9	300-399	13.50%		6.00%
C9	200-299
	Totals should = 100%	100.00%		100.50%	0.00%
C9		ACT Composite		ACT English	ACT Math
C9	30-36
C9	24-29
C9	18-23
C9	12-17
C9	6-11
C9	Below 6
	Totals should = 100%	0.00%		0.00%	0.00%
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				10.6%
C10	Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class				36.1%
C10	Percent in top half of high school graduating class				64.6%	Top half +
C10	Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class				35.4%	bottom half = 100%
C10	Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class				14.4%
C10	Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshmen) students who submitted high school class rank:					89%

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			32.00%
C11	Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.74			13.00%
C11	Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49			15.60%
C11	Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.24			14.70%
C11	Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.99			14.70%
C11	Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.49			9.00%
C11	Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99			1.00%
C11	Percent who had GPA below 1.0
	Totals should = 100%			100.00%

C12	Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA:				3.42
C12	Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA:				97.00%

	Admission Policies
C13	Application Fee
C13		Yes		No
C13	Does your institution have an application fee?	x
C13	Amount of application fee:	$25.00
C13		Yes		No
C13	Can it be waived for applicants with financial need?	x

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:
C13	Free:	x
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?			x
C14	Application closing date (fall):
C14	Priority date:	8/1


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):	9/15/2012
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 __2_ weeks if notified thereafter	x
C17	Other:

C17	Deadline for housing deposit (MM/DD):
C17	Amount of housing deposit:			250.00
C17	Refundable if student does not enroll?
C17	Yes, in full	prior to May 1
C17	Yes, in part
C17	No	after May 1

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:			1 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.			(Initiated 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