Posted on Nov 1, 1999

Fourteen members of the Class of 2003 were drum majors in high school, two were Eagle Scouts, 413 worked part-time jobs, and one owned a business.

Those were a few of the statistics gathered by the Gatekeepers, the Admissions Office's student assistants. Also among the findings for this year's freshman class:

377 of the 541 members of the class played varsity sports in high school, and 128 of them were team captains;

Twenty-one percent reported playing a musical instrument, and eight percent were in vocal music.

An estimated sixty percent did some form of community service, and 194 were in student government, including ten class presidents.

Two hundred were members of the National Honor Society, 149 were on honor roll, and one was a National Merit Scholar.

Thirty-seven are international students.

Two reported perfect attendance.