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In - State Enrollment
Increases This Year

Sixty-four percent of the first-year
students at the University this fall are
Virginia residents.

Applications for admission to the
three schools which admit students in the
first year-the College of Arts and
Sciences, the School of Architecture and
the School of Engineering and Applied
Science-totaled 5,921 this year, compared
to 5,024 applications from secondary
school students last year.

Of those 5,921, a total of 2,005
students-men and women - enrolled this
fall, according to statistics compiled by
the Dean of Admissions, Ernest H. Ern.

Ninety percent of the students entering
the College and the engineering school
come from the top two-fifths of their
high school classes, 89 per cent in architecture.

Among the College students, average
College Board scholastic aptitude scores
were 590 on verbal, 616 on math. In
engineering, average scores were 560 on
verbal, 646 on math. Entering architecture
students' scores averaged 588 on
verbal, 641 on math.

When studied as a separate group, the
entering women were shown to have average
College Board scores of 593 on verbal, 584 on
math. Ninety-eight percent of them came from
the top two-fifths of their high school classes.

Seventy-nine per cent are Virginians. Distribution
of entering women among the schools
includes 448 in the College, 14 in architecture
and four in engineering, according to the
profile.

Among the Echols Scholars, average scores
were 712 on verbal, 717 on math. Ninety-five
per cent of them came from the top fifth of
their classes, the-remaining 5 per cent came
from the second fifth. Sixty-two per cent of
them are Virginians. Eighteen are women.

The total entering class represents 746 secondary
schools from throughout the country:
523 public high schools and 223 private
schools. Seventy per cent are graduates of
public school systems.

Included in the new class are 52 student
body presidents, 41 senior class presidents, 73
school paper editors, 79 football captains and
42 basketball captains. There are 241 alumni
sons and daughters.

Seventy-five per cent of the 394 transfer
students from 120 colleges are Virginians. They
do not include inter-University transfers for
students already enrolled in the University at
Charlottesville.

Financial aid, in forms ranging from scholarships
to loans to jobs, was extended to 534
students this year. The total amount awarded
was $287,150, with $208,400 in scholarships.

The University expects to have about
10,500 students enrolled in all schools of the
University in Charlottesville this fall.