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 2005. 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have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).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			10,062
C1	Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who applied			8,854
C1	Total first-time, first-year (freshman) gender unknown who applied			71
C1	Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who were admitted			7,448
C1	Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who were admitted			6,854
	Total first-time, first-year (freshman) gender unknown who were admitted			24
C1	Total first-time, first-year (freshman) men who enrolled			4057
C1	Total first-time, first-year (freshman) women who enrolled			3513
C1	Total first-time, first-year (freshman) gender unknown who enrolled			12
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 2005 admissions:
C2	Number of qualified applicants offered a placed on waiting list			503
C2	Number accepting a place on the waiting list			319
C2	Number of wait-listed students moved in			0
C2	Is your waiting list ranked?		No
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
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	15 or 15.5
C5	English	4
C5	Mathematics	*3 or 3.5
	*3.5 years of mathematics including trigonometry are required in the following programs: Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences: agricultural engineering sciences, Business: all programs, Engineering: all programs, Fine and Applied Arts: architectural studies, Liberal Arts and Sciences: specialized programs in biochemistry, chemical engineering, chemistry, geology, and physics.
C5	Science	2
C5	Of these, units that must be     lab	2
C5	One Foreign language	2
C5	Social studies	2
C5	History
C5	Academic electives	2
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)
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		ADMISSION
C8A	If yes, place check marks in the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institution’s policies for use in admission for Fall 2007.
C8A
C8A		Require	Recommend	Require for Some	Consider if Submitted
C8A	SAT or ACT	X
C8A	ACT only
C8A	SAT only
C8A	SAT and SAT Subject Tests
C8A	SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT
C8A	If your institution will make use of the ACT in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants for Fall 2007, please indicate which ONE of the following applies:
C8B	ACT with Writing component recommended
C8B	ACT with Writing Component required
C8B	ACT with Writing component recommended			X
C8B	Please indicate how your institution will use the SAT or ACT writing component; check all that apply:
C8C	For placement
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
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			10 days after the Jan 2nd deadline
C8E	Latest date by which SAT Subject Test scores must be received for fall-term admission			10 days after the Jan 2nd deadline
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
C8G	Institutional Exam	X
C8G	State Exam (specify):
	Freshman Profile
	Provide percentages for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking,  first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2005, 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 2005 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 verbal for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item. 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	26.91%	Number submitting SAT scores		2041
C9	Percent submitting ACT scores	99.92%	Number submitting ACT scores		7578
C9		25th Percentile	75th Percentile	enrolled Mean	Admitted Mean
C9	SAT Verbal	560	670	612	630
C9	SAT Math	620	730	674	690
C9	ACT Composite	26	31	28	28.4
C9	ACT English	25	31
C9	ACT Math	25	32
C9	Percent of first-time, first-year (freshman) students with scores in each range:
C9		SAT Verbal	SAT Math
C9	700-800	13.67%	38.85%
C9	600-699	42.14%	40.91%
C9	500-599	32.87%	17.06%
C9	400-499	9.80%	2.74%
C9	300-399	1.47%	0.44%
C9	200-299	0.05%	0.00%
	Totals should = 100%	100.00%	100.00%
C9		ACT Composite	ACT English	ACT Math
C9	30-36	33.24%	29.12%	36.82%
C9	24-29	55.89%	51.26%	46.50%
C9	18-23	10.09%	17.26%	13.91%
C9	12-17	0.78%	2.28%	2.77%
C9	6-11	0.00%	0.08%	0.00%
C9	Below 6	0.05%	0.00%	0.00%
	Totals should = 100%	100.05%	100.00%	100.00%
C10	Percent of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) enrolled 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			48%
C10	Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class			86%
C10	Percent in top half of high school graduating class			99%	Top half +
C10	Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class			1%	bottom half = 100%
C10	Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class			0%
C10	Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshmen) students who submitted high school class rank:				83%
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		N/A
C11	Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.74		N/A
C11	Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49		N/A
C11	Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.24		N/A
C11	Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.99		N/A
C11	Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.49		N/A
C11	Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99		N/A
C11	Percent who had GPA below 1.0		N/A
	Totals should = 100%		0.00%
C12	Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA:			N/A
C12	Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA:			N/A
	Admission Policies
C13	Application Fee
C13		Yes	No
C13	Does your institution have an application fee?	X
C13	Amount of application fee:	$40.00
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:	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?	X
C14	Application closing date (fall):	1/2
C14	Priority date:	11/15
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:	Most Dec-Mar
C17	Reply policy for admitted applicants (fill in one only)
C17	Must reply by (date):	5/1
C17	No set date:
C17	Must reply by May 1 or within _____ weeks if notified thereafter
C17	Other:
C17	Deadline for housing deposit (MMDD):		N/A
C17	Amount of housing deposit:		100.00
C17	Refundable if student does not enroll?
C17	Yes, in full	X By May 1st