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 2007. 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have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).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.

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 2007 admissions:

Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list:   not available
Number accepting a place on the waiting list:   not available
Number of wait-listed students admitted:   not available

Is your waiting list ranked?      Yes       No
    If yes, do you release that information to students?      Yes       No
    Do you release that information to school counselors?      Yes       No

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.

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?   No

C7. Relative importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in your first-time, first-year, degree-seeking (freshman) admission decisions.

SAT and ACT Policies

C8. Entrance exams

A. Does your institution make use of SAT, 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 for fall 2009.

B. If your institution will make use of the ACT in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants for fall 2009, please indicate which ONE of the following applies (regardless of whether the writing score will be used in the admissions process):

  ACT with Writing component required
  ACT with Writing component recommended
  ACT with or without Writing component accepted

C. Please indicate how your institution will use the SAT or ACT essay component; check all that apply:

  For admission
  For placement
  For advising
  In place of an application essay
  As a validity check on the application essay
  No college policy as of now
  Not using essay component

D. In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for academic advising?

  Yes       No

E. Latest date by which SAT or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission:   February 1
Latest date by which SAT Subject Test scores must be received for fall-term admission:   February 1

F. 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):

G. Please indicate which tests your institution uses for placement (e.g., state tests):?

SAT
ACT
SAT Subject Tests
AP
CLEP
Institutional Exam
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 2007, 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 2007 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.

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

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).

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.

C12. Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA:   not available

Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA:   not available

Admission Policies

C13. Application fee
Does your institution have an application fee?      Yes       No
Amount of application fee:   $60.00
Can it be waived for applicants with financial need?      Yes      No

If you have an application fee and an on-line application option, please indicate policy for students who apply on-line:
  Same fee
  Free
  Reduced

Can on-line application fee be waived for applicants with financial need?      Yes       No

C14. Application closing date
Does your institution have an application closing date?      Yes      No
Application closing date:   February 1
Priority date:

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):   November 15
By (date):   April 15
Other:

C17. Reply policy for admitted applicants (fill in one only)
Must reply by (date):
No set date:
Must reply by May 1 or within 2 weeks if notified thereafter
Other:

Deadline for housing deposit (MMDD): no housing deposit
Amount of housing deposit:
Refundable if student does not enroll?
  Yes, in full
  Yes, in part
  No

C18. Deferred admission
Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission?
  Yes      No
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 (freshman) students one year or more before high school graduation?
  Yes      No

C20. Common application: Question removed from CDS. (Initiated during 2006-2007 cycle.)

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 2007 entering class:
Number of early decision applications received by your institution:   not applicable
Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan:   not applicable

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