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scott715Norm Finlinson, head of the BYU department that houses the Admissions Office, sent out this bullet list in mid-April:
> We have a cap of 30,500 students.
> We anticipate an 80% yield rate this year when we take out the missionary deferments (80% of those we admit register).
> We admitted 4,500 for fall and 1,000 for summer.
> We had 12,400 completed applications this year, which was nearly 1,000 more from last year.
> Our pool of applicants will be going up. We are at the bottom of the curve for LDS 18-year-olds now (there are fewer 18-year-olds in the church right now than there will be in the coming years and we have still seen an increase in applicants). We are only going to have more and more applicants in the future.
> We have been charged with finding a way to allow more students to come. We were only able to admit around 56 percent of applicants this year. About 6 years ago we were admitting 75-76 percent of applicants.
> Average high school GPA for those admitted was 3.81. Average ACT of those admitted is 28.25.
> Forty-Five percent of the new admits have a 3.9 or above, 35 percent of the new admits have a 30 ACT or above, and 18 percent of those students were in the top 5 students in their graduating class.
> Merit-based scholarships are based on ACT and GPA. We do have some need-based grants we can provide.
> Our international applicants have diminished. We believe there are several things that are discouraging them from applying: Higher TOEFL scores, expecting them to pay for the evaluation of their transcripts, requirement to take the SAT or ACT, and requiring a $4,000 deposit. BYU-Hawaii recruits the international students. We do not necessarily promote international students
> We have a cap of 30,500 students.
> We anticipate an 80% yield rate this year when we take out the missionary deferments (80% of those we admit register).
> We admitted 4,500 for fall and 1,000 for summer.
> We had 12,400 completed applications this year, which was nearly 1,000 more from last year.
> Our pool of applicants will be going up. We are at the bottom of the curve for LDS 18-year-olds now (there are fewer 18-year-olds in the church right now than there will be in the coming years and we have still seen an increase in applicants). We are only going to have more and more applicants in the future.
> We have been charged with finding a way to allow more students to come. We were only able to admit around 56 percent of applicants this year. About 6 years ago we were admitting 75-76 percent of applicants.
> Average high school GPA for those admitted was 3.81. Average ACT of those admitted is 28.25.
> Forty-Five percent of the new admits have a 3.9 or above, 35 percent of the new admits have a 30 ACT or above, and 18 percent of those students were in the top 5 students in their graduating class.
> Merit-based scholarships are based on ACT and GPA. We do have some need-based grants we can provide.
> Our international applicants have diminished. We believe there are several things that are discouraging them from applying: Higher TOEFL scores, expecting them to pay for the evaluation of their transcripts, requirement to take the SAT or ACT, and requiring a $4,000 deposit. BYU-Hawaii recruits the international students. We do not necessarily promote international students