Incoming freshmen boast higher GPAs, SATs

The incoming first-year students statistically have higher weighted GPA's, higher SAT scores, and higher class ranks than the incoming first-year students in fall 2009 and fall 2008.

Weighted GPA's have increased from 4.13 to 4.21 from 2008 until 2010.  The SAT scores, from the total of the critical reading and math scores, increased from 1176 in 2008 to 1187 in 2010.  There is also a higher percentage of students that graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school class attending the University in the fall. Overall, these statistics show a rise in applications have led to a more competitive freshmen pool.