2008 Freshmen
Statistics on freshmen entering Plan II Honors in 2008:
Entering class: 179 freshmen*
*number from May 15, 2008 and subject to fluctuation by first day of fall class
Total fall 2008 applicant pool: 1140
Total offered admission: 356
Total admitted/accepting: 179
Applicant Pool Gender
Male: 460 (40.35%)
Female: 680 (59.65%)
Entering Freshmen Gender
Male: 68 (37.99%)
Female: 111 (62.01%)
Admitted by Gender
Male: 140 (39.33%)
Female: 216 (60.67%)
Ethnicity and Residency
Applicants: Admitted: Admitted/Accepted:
African American: 2.11% African
American: 4.49% African
American: 3.91%
Asian: 25.35% Asian:
28.09 % Asian:
24.02 %
Hispanic: 10.08% Hispanic:
12.36 % Hispanic:
10.61 %
International/Other: 3.25% International/Other:
3.37 % International/Other:
2.79 %
Anglo: 58.42% Anglo:
51.69 % Anglo:
58.66 %
Texas Residents: 89.74% Texas
Residents: 89.33% Texas
Residents: 87.71 %
Non-Texan: 10.26% Non-Texan:
10.37% Non-Texan:
12.29 %
Non-Residents from: Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia (2), Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico (2), New York (3), North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee (2), West Virginia (2) and Madhya Pradesh, a state in India; Northern Mariana Islands.
Class Rank
Applicants: Admitted: Admitted/Accepted:
Valedictorians: 92 8.07
% 54
15.17 % 19
10.61
%
Salutatorians: 46 4.04
% 15 4.21
% 11
6.15
%
Ranked #1…#5 in their graduating class: 250 applied (21.93 % of applicants);
106 admitted (29.78% of those admitted); 49 ranked #1–#5 were admitted/accepted
(27.37%)
Were in top 5% of their graduating class: 901 applied (79.04 % of applicants);
287 admitted (80.62 % of those admitted); 105 ranked in top 5% were admitted/accepted
(58.10 %)
National Merit/Achievement Recognition
Applicants: Admitted:
Admitted/Accepted:
Recognition: 480 42.11 % Recognition: 271 76.12
% Recognition: 116 64.80
%
Semi-Finalists: 258 22.63
% Semi-Finalists: 112 31.46
% Finalists: 53 29.61
%
Commended: 318 27.89 % Commended: 125 35.11
% Commended: 54 30.17
%
Hispanic Scholars: 73 6.4 % Hispanic
Scholars: 28 7.87
% Hispanic
Scholars: 6 3.35
%
Achievement: 11 0.96 % Achievement: 6 1.69
% Achievement Scholar: 3 1.68
%
SAT I test scores of entering freshman class (167 SAT test scores)
Avg SAT combined score: 1393
Avg SAT math score: 704
Avg SAT verbal score: 689 (22 scores of 800)
Middle 50% combined: 1320-1410
Middle 50% math: 640-700
Middle 50% verbal: 660-710
SAT combined scores of 1600: 1 (0.56%)
SAT combined scores of 1500…1600: 44 (24.58%)
SAT combined scores of 1400…1499: 51 (28.49%)
SAT combined scores of 1300…1399: 46 (25.70%)
SAT combined scores < 1300: 37 (20.67%)
Only ACT: 76 scores
Avg ACT: 30.38
