Academic Excellence
Average SAT Combined Score: 1332
Average ACT Composite Score: 30.1
- 19% of first year students were recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation as National Merit Finalists, National Merit Scholars, and National Merit Commended Students.
- 15% of first year students are Advanced Placement Scholars as designated by The College Board
- 64% of the Class of 2012 graduated in the top 10% of their secondary school class and 90% graduated in the top 25%
- 65% of the new students graduated from public high schools
Applications for First-Year Admission
- 3,888 students applied for admission
- 35.6% of those who applied for admission were admitted
- 466 students enrolled
Diversity Profile
The Class of 2012 comes from 41 states, the District of Columbia, and 28 other nations.
In addition:
- 54% are women and 46% are men
- 23% are U.S. students of color
- 11% are citizens of 28 countries other than the U.S.
- 15% are first-generation college students
19 different languages are spoken by members of the Class of 2012 including:
- Albanian, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Farsi, Georgian, Hindi, Khmer, Korean, Luganda, Nepali, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, Twi
50 students in the Class of 2012 hold citizenship in the following countries (28):
- Albania, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Honduras, India, Iran, Jamaica, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, People's Republic of China, People's Republic of Congo, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, Uganda, and Zimbabwe
Extracurricular Involvements
