bgirl,
I'm glad that everything is working out for you. Just out of curiosity, who is the professor you are in contact with? Is he in your prospective major (Environmental Geosciences)?
As you probably already know, the stats for the Class of 2010 are posted here:
http://www.lafayette.edu/admissions/requirements.html.
My little brother, who is currently a junior in high school, just so happened to receive the brochure from Lafayette about a week ago, which has the updated Class of 2011 stats. I'll try my best to type it out!
Gender /// Applied /// Accepted /// Enrolled
Male /// 3,483 /// 1,121 /// 294
Female /// 2,880 ///1,082 /// 264
TOTAL /// 6,363 /// 2,203 /// 558
(as of May 9, 2007...some waitlist candidate decisions pending)
As you can see, applications went up from 5,875 to 6,363 (about 8.4% increase). Admissions officers were shooting for an enrollment of about 595, but ended up waitlisting too many applicants. After a mad dash to call waitlisted candidates and inform them of their acceptances, I'm sure that 558 number is currently somewhere near the 595 mark.
Accepted Students Stats
Class Rank: 80% in top tenth, 97% in top fourth
SAT: middle 50% range was 610-700 in Critical Reading and 640-730 in Math
ACT: middle 50% range was 27-32
Enrolled Students Stats
Class Rank: 67% in top tenth, 93% in top fourth
SAT: middle 50% range was 580-680 in Critical Reading and 610-710 in Math
ACT: middle 50% range was 26-30
Just some quick facts about geographic representation and ethnic representation. 25.6% of the Class of 2011 are from New Jersey, 18.6% are from New York, and 19.7% are from Pennsylvania. 73.1% are Caucasian, 5.9% are African American, 4.8% are Asian American, and 6.8% are International Students.
As soon as I learn more, I'll let you know.
- Justin