BELMONT UNIVERSITY

2002-03 COMMON DATA SET

SAT and ACT Policies

C8. Entrance exams

A. Does your institution make use of SAT I, SAT II, or ACT scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants? 
      Yes  No

If yes, place check marks in the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institution's policies for use in admission.

In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for placement or counseling?

Placement	Yes	No
Counseling	Yes	No

B. Does your institution use the SAT I or II or ACT for placement only? If yes, please mark the appropriate boxes below.

PLACEMENT
	Require	Recommend	Require for some
SAT I
SAT II
ACT
SAT I or ACT

C. Latest date by which SAT I or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission:  0801

Latest date by which SAT II scores must be received for fall-term admission: _____

D. If necessary, use this space to clarify your test policies (e.g., if tests are recommended for some students, or if tests are not required of some students):
Freshman Profile

Provide percentages for ALL enrolled degree-seeking full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2002, including students who began studies during summer, international students/nonresident aliens, and students admitted under special arrangements.

C9. Percent and number of first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2002 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores. Include information for ALL enrolled, first-time, first-year (freshman) degree-seeking students who submitted test scores. Do not include partial test scores (e.g., mathematics scores but not verbal for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item. SAT scores should be recentered scores. The 25th percentile is the score that 25 percent scored at or below; the 75th percentile score is the one that 25 percen scored at or above.

Percent of first-time, first-year (freshman) students with scores in each range

C10. Percent of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school class rank within each of the following ranges (report information for those students from whom you collected high school rank information).

Percent in top 10th of high school graduating class:            30%
Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class:        60%
Percent in top half of high school graduating class:             90%
Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class:       10%
Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class:   1%

Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school class rank:   79.2%
 
C11. Percentage of all enrolled, degree-seeking first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school grade-point averages within each of the following ranges (using 4.0 scale); report information only for those students from whom you collected high school GPA.

Percent who had GPA of 3.0 and higher:            85%
Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.99:     15%
Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99:        0
Percent who had GPA below 1.0:                          0

C12. Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA:    3.42

Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA:     98%

C13. Application fee

Does your institution have an application fee?  Yes   No

Amount of application fee: $35.00

Can it be waived for applicants with financial need? Yes   No
 

C14. Application closing date

Does your institution have an application closing date?   Yes    No

Application closing date (fall): 0501

Priority date: 0315
 
C15. Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall? Yes    No

C16. Notification to applicants of admission decision sent (fill in one only)

On a rolling basis beginning (date): 0501

By (date):

Other:
 
C17. Reply policy for admitted applicants (fill in one only)

Must reply by (date):

No set date:

Must reply by May 1 or within __ 2___ weeks if notified thereafter __________

Other:
 
 

C18. Deferred admission: Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission?   Yes   No

If yes, maximum period of postponement: 12 months
 
C19. Early admission of high school students: Does your institution allow high school students to enroll as full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students one year or more before high school graduation?  Yes    No
 

C20. Common application:

Will you accept the Commom Application distributed by the National Association of Secondary School Principals if submitted?	Yes	No
If "yes" are supplemental forms required?	Yes	No
Is your college a member of the Common Application Group?	Yes	No

C21. Early decision: Does your institution offer an early decision plan (an admission plan that permits students to apply and be notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date and that asks students to commit to attending if accepted) for first-time, first-year (freshman) applicants for fall enrollment?  Yes  No

If "yes," please complete the following :

First or only early decision plan closing date:

First or only early decision plan notification date:

Other early decision plan closing date:

Other early decision plan notification date:

For the Fall 2002 entering class

Number of early decision applications received by your institution:

Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan:

Please provide significant details about your early decision plan:
 

C22. Early action: Do you have a nonbinding early action plan whereby students are notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date but do not have to commit to attending your college? Yes    No

If "yes," please complete the following :

Early action closing date:

Early action notification date:
 

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