Drexel Entering Class SATs/GPAs

middleoftheroad
Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:17:25 +0000

Drexel President John Fry sent an email Friday to the community in which he says in part:

"Enrollment Management projects that 3,900 new full-time undergraduates will enroll this month, including 3,000 freshmen. The latter number was chosen with strategic purpose, as we begin three years in which the freshman class will be held to 3,000 and we will focus on continuing to increase academic quality and improve retention and graduation rates.

“This year’s entering class has an average SAT score of 1226, 18 points higher than last year, and its average high school GPA of 3.60 represents a rise from 3.43 in 2011. More than one third of these students graduated in the top 10 percent of their class, and more than two thirds in the top 25 percent; 29 students were valedictorians of their high school classes, and 22 were salutatorians.”

And:

“While we work to attract an ever more talented and diverse student body, we have also continued our efforts to improve the educational experience here at Drexel—and our peers are clearly taking notice. In the most recent U.S.News & World Report college rankings, released earlier this month, Drexel jumped to No. 83 among all national universities, up from No. 88 last year. We also moved up to No. 3 on the magazine’s “Up-and-Comers” list, recognizing our place among those universities making the “most promising and innovative changes” in higher education.”

You can read the rest here [Fry welcomes students for a new year | The Triangle](Fry welcomes students for a new year - The Triangle)

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