As of Wednesday, with a few checks still in the mail, the Admissions
Office had received deposits from 553 students for the Class of 2002.
Allowing for a five to seven percent “summer melt” –
matriculants who go elsewhere, defer or disappear — the College is on target for its
budgeted class of 520 students, said Dan Lundquist, vice president for admissions and
financial aid.
Applications for the Class of 2002 totaled about 3,600, with the College
admitting just under half. The pool had an average SAT of 1220, with more than 80 percent
in the top third of their class, 40 percent in the top 10 percent. The profile for the
Class of 2002 will be higher since the bottom of the pool is 'cut' during the
admissions process.