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Wake Forest University’s first-year retention rate is 94%. StandardizedTest Scores The SAT/ACT scores are optional. Students can choose from a wide range of majors and minors across the arts and humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and mathematics. The student population includes 9% international students.
Four-year Completion Rate The first-year retention rate at UCLA is 97%. StandardizedTest Score: The University of California is test blind. Professional schools without undergraduate programs— Management and Public Health—offer minors to undergrads who want to explore these advanced fields.
In a Q&A with MIT News , Stuart Schmill, MIT's dean of admissions and student financial services, emphasized the institution's commitment to diversity, claiming that as it has become more diverse in recent years, overall student academic performance has improved, as have retention and graduation rates.
Harvey Mudd College’s first-year retention rate is 97 %. StandardizedTest Scores: Harvey Mudd College is test optional. The admitted students represent 32 states and 17 countries. 49% of students are men and 51% are women. The 4-year graduation rate is 88% and the 6-year graduation rate is 92%.
Vanderbilt University’s first-year retention rate is 97%. The College of Arts and Science is the largest school at Vanderbilt, offering more than 100 majors and minors across 70+ fields of study from English to Economics, Climate Studies to Chemistry, and Philosophy to Physics. Students may pursue any minor outside of their major.
Brandeis University was founded with a noble purpose - to provide an inclusive educational environment for individuals who were facing discrimination in higher education, including Jews, ethnic and racial minorities, and women. Graduation Rate Brandeis University has a 90% retention rate. Optional standardizedtest scores.
Four-year Completion Rate The first-year retention rate at UCSB is 91%. StandardizedTest Score: The University of California is test blind. The academics offers 90 undergraduate majors, 40 minors, more than 50 graduate degree programs, and Ph.D. 48% of UCSB classes have fewer than 21 students.
Four-year Completion Rate The first-year retention rate at UC San Diego is 95%. StandardizedTest Score: The University of California is test blind. Roosevelt College fosters a supportive campus community and offers minors in Global Health, Human Rights, and International Migration Studies.
Application Components: Complete the Common App School Report Counselor Recommendation Official High School Transcript: This should include your midyear Report after your first term of senior year StandardizedTest Scores: Occidental is test optional. Occidental College’s first-year retention rate is 82%.
Pitzer College’s first-year retention rate is 93%. StandardizedTest Scores: Pitzer College is test optional. of students submitted their test scores. Academics Majors and Minors At Pitzer College, field groups (similar to a discipline or department) organize major requirements and courses.
Four-Year Completion Rate Williams College has a high retention rate of 90%. Instead of minors, students can choose to concentrate in a particular topic that draws from multiple disciplines. Student Cohort Size Williams College has a total student population of 2,307 with 2,251 undergraduate students and 56 graduate students.
The test-optional movement claims to increase college access and campus diversity while also improving retention and graduation rates. About one-fourth of all applicants to the test-optional colleges opted not to submit scores. Underrepresented minority students were more likely than others to decide not to submit.
Fields and Herndon-Brown acknowledge that the admissions process favors families that focus on advanced courses, high scores on standardizedtests and distinctive extracurricular activities. College choice should be based on costs, location, majors and family fit. The point about Florida State in the Journal article was interesting.
Law school officials claim the rankings incentivize them to recruit students with high standardizedtest scores, students who often can afford expensive test prep courses. Its recent rankings revealed few changes among top institutions – just a minor reshuffling of the deck. News regularly ranks among its top 20.
Our Methodology High Retention Rate 92% Admission Rate 58% Students Enrolled 5,177 Institution Type Private Percent Online Enrollment 100% Percentage of all students who are enrolled online. Then we compared that amount against school costs and financial aid opportunities.
Average SAT: Bowdoin has been test-optional since 1969. The first school to eliminate standardizedtesting for admittance, in fact.) Average SAT: Generally, 1400-1540, though Wellesley has temporarily suspended its standardizedtest requirement from 2021-2024 for a four-year period of review.
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