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Scholastic Achievement

Mr. Ern states, "Contrary to the national
trend, we are getting more applications from
better students." He cites the larger applicant
pool due to coeducation as one explanation of
the high scholastic achievement of the entering
class.

College Board scores of the class showed an
improvement over those of last year's entering
class, although they did not reach the level of
previous classes. Among students in the College,
mean scholastic aptitude scores are 596 on
verbal and 623 on math. Mean scores last year
were 590 on verbal and 616 on math.

Entering engineering students showed mean
scores of 550 on verbal aptitude and 623 on
math aptitude. Students entering the
architecture school scored an average of 590 on
verbal and 645 on math.

A total of 3,130 women filed applications
for admission to these schools from secondary
school and as transfer students. Of this number
the College enrolled 541 women; the
engineering school, 11; and the architecture
school, 12.