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 Enrolled Freshman Class
Class of 2013
The 955 freshmen--including 100 first-generation college students--represent continued academic excellence and extracurricular involvement.
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Average grade point average of 3.39 on a 4.0 scale.
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Approximately 38% graduated from high school in the top 10%percent of their class, and 64% fell within the top 20%.
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23 valedictorians and 14 salutatorians; 10 National Merit finalists, semi-finalists, and commended students, and 435 members of the National Honor Society.
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Average SAT score was 579 for the critical reading, 583 for math, and 589 for writing.
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Most popular majors are biology, management, psychology, special/elementary education, marketing, political science, and accountancy.
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214 participated in student government (27 were class presidents), 635 played sports (235 were captains), 135 were on newspaper, radio, and yearbook staffs, and 723 took part in community service projects in high school.
Some geographic and ethnic facts about the arriving class include:
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625 members are from New England: 297 from Massachusetts, 175 from Connecticut, 111 from Rhode Island, and the remaining 42 from New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. There are 227 students from New York and New Jersey, 36 students from Mid-Atlantic states, and 31 from the Mid-West.
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10.4 percent of the class is of African-American, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American (AHANA) descent, which is up from 8 percent last year.
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Students of color represent 13.3 percent of the incoming freshmen, which is up from 12.5 percent last year.
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