Observer Article on Early Admission Stats

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Sat, 20 Jan 2007 15:59:27 +0000

http://www.ndsmcobserver.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=7d0ac780-cb3f-4138-87c2-d8a2731a25ff

Some interesting tidbits…

*1,575 applications - or 41 percent of the pool - were denied admission, and 680 were deferred to the regular decision round. Students admitted under Early Action have until May 1 to notify the University if they plan to attend or not.

The Undergraduate Admissions committee was shocked to see the surge in applications, 1,200 more than last year, which caused the selectivity rate to drop from about 1/2 for the class of 2010 to around 1/3 for 2011, said Director of Admissions Operations Bob Mundy.

From this year’s application pool, the average class rank of each accepted applicant was within the top 3 percent, up from 3.7 percent last year. The average SAT score was 1442 (sans the writing component) up from 1420 last year, and average ACT score was 32.7, up from 32.4.

Additionally, approximately 190 valedictorians, 69 salutatorians, and 22 students with perfect test scores were admitted. Legacy students also comprised about 20 percent of the admitted group.

At this point, the admissions committee is still in the process of tallying the number of applications submitted for the regular decision round. Mundy projects that while the number of applications for Early Action consideration went through the roof, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it will be same for regular action.

“There’s still plenty of uncertainty that exists in Early Action in that we ask, ‘does it have any bearing on the numbers for regular action?’” he said. “Last year, Early Action numbers were down, but regular action numbers rose by about 1,500, so it’s never quite clear. Still, we do project that regular apps will be up to some degree.”

The University was also very proactive in attracting more minority students to campus. The number of admitted multicultural students from Asian, African American, Latino, and Native American backgrounds grew nine percent from 230 last year to 253. Twenty-two international students were also offered admission.*