The State of McCormick 2009

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<p>Undergraduate students

We have worked closely with the Office of Undergraduate
Admission in several ways to redefine the quality and skills needed by the engineering students
of the future. Undergraduate applications in engineering have increased 23 percent over the
past three years, and the selectivity percentage (percent of applicants admitted) has improved
by 5 percent. Applications for the class entering fall 2009 increased 7.5 percent
over the previous year. In addition:
• McCormick has the highest SAT math and verbal scores (1447) among the six undergraduate
schools at Northwestern
• The student body represents high levels of diversity for an engineering program:
30 percent of McCormick undergraduates are women vs. 17 percent nationally
• 35 percent of students participate in the Walter P. Murphy Cooperative Engineering
Education Program; most others do internships or research
• 55 percent of our students do on-campus research during the academic year
• 20 percent of the McCormick curriculum is in the humanities, social sciences, and
communication (the U.S. average for engineering schools is 8–12 percent)

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