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ENROLLMENT AND WITHDRAWALS

Referring to his plans to limit enrollment at the College to a figure not exceeding 1600
students, with which there was general approval, the Chancellor presented the following tabulation
of advance enrollment for the 1956-57 session, with attached comparative data on withdrawals and
enrollment:

NEW DORMITORY STUDENTS

             

Total applications received		1,002
Incomplete applications and awaiting reviewed by the Committee on admissions	148
Applications cancelled	69
Applications rejected by Committee on Admissions as not meeting entrance requirements	201	418
Net applications accepted - New Students		584
Total applications received for Re-admission		935
TOTAL STUDENTS ACCEPTED		1,519

COMPARATIVE DATA ON STUDENT WITHDRAWALS

In the 1955-56 session we have had fewer students withdraw during the session
than in the previous years. For your information, a comparison of withdrawals of
this year as compared with last year is shown as follows.

     

	Va. Dorm	Non-Res. Dorm	Va. Day	Non-Res. Day	Va. Special	Non-Res. Special	Total
1954-55 through March 31	73	73	15		7	7	175
1955-56 through March 31	50	56	5	2	6	2	121

COMPARATIVE SUMMARY OF ENROLLMENT DATA

1943 - 1956

                           

Session	Freshmen	Sophomores	Juniors	Seniors	Specials	Total
1943-44	798	309	161	186	9	1,463
1944-45	619	479	179	152	8	1,437
1945-56	566	389	247	210	17	1,429
1946-47	693	345	243	226	10	1,517
1947-48	613	378	264	238	20	1,513
1948-49	656	363	252	244	13	1,528
1949-50	587	395	228	224	12	1,446
1950-51	408	355	233	208	12	1,216
1951-52	426	294	231	220	9	1,180
1952-53	578	317	199	207	13	1,314
1953-54	681	385	187	178	26	1,457
1954-55	692	474	224	160	27	1,577
1955-56	592	483	279	176	18	1,548