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FIRST-YEAR PROFILE

As you examine different colleges, you will find it helpful to see the various elements make up a first-year class. Below are elements that have come together to form Southwestern's Class of 2011.

FIRST-YEAR STATISTICS

First-year class size:	371
HS Rank of entering students:	50% ranked in the top 10%
	81% ranked in the top 25%
	96% ranked in the top 50%
Number of Valedictorians:	15
Number of Salutatorians:	7
Number of students in top 5 positions of their HS class:	51

FIRST-YEAR STANDARDIZED TESTING

SAT MIDDLE 50% :	1130 - 1310
ACT MIDDLE 50% :	24 - 29

FIRST-YEAR COMPOSITE

Male-to-female ratio:	38% : 62%
African American representation:	2%
Asian American representation:	5%
Hispanic/Latino American representation:	15%
Native American representation:	>1%
Total Minority representation:	22%
Number of states represented:	19

STATES REPRESENTED:
Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Florida	Georgia Kansas Maine Mississippi New Mexico New York Nebraska	Oklahoma Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee Texas Virginia

FIRST-YEAR ACCEPTANCE RATES

FIRST-YEAR ACCEPTANCES BY CLASS RANK (2007)

CLASS RANK	NUMBER OF APPLICANTS	NUMBER OFFERED ADMISSION	PERCENT OFFERED ADMISSION	ENROLLED STUDENTS
Top 10%	552	511	93%	159
Top 11-25%	430	348	81%	99
Top 26-50%	300	169	56%	49
Top 51-75%	98	24	24%	12
Top 76-100%	17	0	0%	0
Not ranked	519	239	46%	52
Total	1916	1291	67%	371

FIRST-YEAR ACCEPTANCES BY SAT (2007)
*Critical Reading and Math Combination

SAT I SCORES NUMBER OF APPLICANTS NUMBER OFFERED ADMISSION PERCENT OFFERED ADMISSION ENROLLED STUDENTS

1500-1600 23 20 87% 2

1400-1499 143 135 94% 30

1300-1399 320 290 91% 71

1200-1299 384 331 86% 109

1100-1199 338 245 72% 69

1000-1099 243 147 60% 54

900-999 116 41 35% 16

LESS THAN 900 116 41 35% 16

TOTAL 1623 1210 75% 351

FIRST-YEAR ACCEPTANCES BY ACT (2007)

ACT SCORES NUMBER OF APPLICANTS NUMBER OFFERED ADMISSION PERCENT OFFERED ADMISSION ENROLLED STUDENTS

34-36 17 15 88% 4

32-33 55 52 95% 16

30-31 99 92 93% 26

28-29 161 143 89% 37

26-27 144 122 85% 37

24-25 188 151 80% 42

20-23 183 104 57% 33

16-19 48 12 25% 4

15 or less 9 0 0% 0

TOTAL 904 691 76% 199

PLEASE SEE ADMISSION CRITERIA FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Southwestern Admission Office

1001 E University

Georgetown, TX 78626

800-252-3166

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FIRST-YEAR STATISTICS

FIRST-YEAR STANDARDIZED TESTING

FIRST-YEAR COMPOSITE

STATES REPRESENTED:

FIRST-YEAR ACCEPTANCE RATES