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Class of 2012 Profile

  • The Class of 2012 is comprised of 990 students
    • 57% Female
    • 43% Male
  • 97% are resident students
  • Academic Major Distribution
    • 42% Undeclared
    • 21% Liberal Arts
    • 16% Business
    • 15% Science/Math/Engineering
    • 6% Education
  • Extracurricular Involvement
    • 507 members of the National Honor Society
    • 248 participated in student government
      • 39 class or council presidents
    • 786 participated in community service
    • 638 participated in athletics
      • 254 captains
    • 377 participated in Music/Theatre/Art
    • 175 participated in Newspaper/Radio/Yearbook/Literary Journal
      • 22 Editors-in-Chief
  • Academic Overview
    • The average unweighted GPA for all enrolling students is a 3.47 on a 4.0 scale.
    • 44% fall within the top 10% of the graduating senior class.
    • 80% fall within the top 25% of the graduating senior class.
    • 98% fall within the top 50% of the graduating senior class.
    • 19% of our enrolled students come from high schools that do not report class rank.
    • The enrolled class includes 18 Valedictorians, 11 Salutatorians, and 12 National Merit finalist, semi-finalist, and commended students.
  • Standardized Test Scores (optional in the PC admission process as of July 2006)
    • Critical Reading SAT (middle 50%)     530-630
    • Math SAT (middle 50%)                    540-650
    • Writing SAT (middle 50%)                 550-660
    • ACT Composite (middle 50%)            23-28

Classes of 2009-2012

 

Class of 2009

Class of 2010

Class of 2011

Class of 2012

Applied

8,237

8,799

9,801

8,844

Acceptance Rate

54%

49%

42%

46%

Enrolled

1,065

1,027

989

990

Percent in top 10% of class 

37%

44%

45%

44%

Percent in top 25% of class

79%

83%

83%

80%



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