Application Process
Admissions Profile for the Class of 2012

Profile for the Class of 2012
 Applicants: 5,418
Accepted: 1,827 (34%)
Enrolled: 618 (34%)

Profile of Matriculants
335 or 54% are women
283 or 46% are men
59 or 10% are U.S. students of color
9 or 1% are dual citizens representing 6 nationalities
35 or 6% are international students representing 17 nationalities
261 or 42% are from New York State
323 or 52% come from 25 other states
34 or 6% live outside the U.S.

High School Activities
527 (85%) participated in athletics
511 (83%) were involved in community service or volunteer activities
434 (70%) held leadership positions
383 (62%) participated in academic clubs
339 (55%) participated in the arts
117 (19%) were involved in activities such as school newspaper, yearbook, literary magazine, etc.

Class Rank
(307 students or 50% attended high schools that report class rank)
By Percentile (cumulative)
Top 10% 44
Top 25% 74
Top 50% 96

By Quintile
Top 68%
2nd 22%
3rd 8%
4th 2%
5th 0%

High School Type
Public: 70%
Private/Parochial: 30%
Number of high schools represented: 399

Standardized Tests
Frequency Distribution of SAT I Scores for Matriculants
(59% of entering first-year students submitted test scores)
Middle 50% Math/Critical Reading/Writing: 1710–1910

Financial Aid
Total Aid Package (scholarships, grants and loans)
Number of recipients: 519 (or 84%)
Mean $29,936
Median $30,643

Merit Scholarships
Number of recipients: 264
Distribution:
$7,500 8
$10,000 6
$12,500 64

Need-based SLU Grants
Number of recipients: 356 (Of these 356, 169 students or 47% are
also merit scholarship recipients.)
Mean $15,723
Median $13,647

Grant-in-Aid (full scholarships for Division I ice hockey student-athletes)
Number of recipients: 4

Legacy Grants (for students whose grandparent, parent, or sibling is a
graduate or current student)
Number of recipients: 103

Standardized Tests

Comparative Profile for Recent Classes

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Applicants 2745 2867 3082 2985 2989 3192 4645 5418
Admitted 1674 1869 1769 1822 1770 1878 2030 1827
Admit Rate 61.0% 65.2% 57.4% 61.0% 59.2% 58.8% 43.7% 33.7%
Matriculants 511 620 566 568 537 621 638 618
Yield 30.5% 33.2% 32.0% 31.2% 30.7% 33.1% 31.4% 33.8%
ED Matriculants 101 126 125 115 152 145 149 191
% of Class ED 19.8% 20.3% 22.1% 20.2% 28.3% 23.3% 23.4% 30.9%

High School Rank of Matriculants

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
First Quartile 66% 62% 68% 74% 71% 67% 74% 74%
Second Quartile 26% 30% 28% 21% 25% 24% 22% 22%
Third Quartile 7% 7% 4% 4% 4% 7% 4% 4%
Fourth Quartile 1% 1% 0% 1% 0% 2% 0% 0%

Testing Profile of Matriculants

  2010 2011 2012
% with SAT I 59% 55% 59%
25th Percentile 1670 1710 1710
75th Percentile 1890 1900 1910
Median 1770 1800 1820
Mean 1778 1798 1814

*Submission of SAT/ACT became optional beginning with the Class of 2010.


Matriculants Who are International Students or U.S. Students of Color

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
International Students 15 16 23 19 37 25 32 35
U.S. Students of Color 37 36 64 53 60 73 64 59

High School Type

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Private/
Parochial		 28.7% 28.5% 28.8% 32.5% 35.6% 31.6% 30.3% 30.2%
Public 71.3% 71.5% 71.2% 67.5% 64.4% 68.4% 69.7% 69.8%

Percent of Matriculants with Financial Aid Awards
(scholarships, grants, loans)

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
85.5% 84.8% 82.9% 84.3% 84.9% 80.2% 82.2% 84.0%

Class of 2012 data accurate as of July 15, 2008
Final data used for classes 2005-2011