<p>Some people had asked me about Delaware on messages and I just wanted to say I adored the school and if you have any Q's about it - I'm more than willing to answer them.</p>
<p>Here are some pictures and stuff for anyone who is interested.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.udel.edu/PR/wallpaper.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.udel.edu/PR/wallpaper.html</a></p>
<p>--Mark</p>
<p>10:35 a.m., Aug. 29, 2005--How to recognize a first-year UD student?</p>
<p>Find someone named Jessica or Michael who has a grade-point average (GPA) of 3.52 or higher, made 1200 or more on their SATs and are involved in sports and/or community service. </p>
<p>That student will most likely be part of the record-breaking 3,536 students that make up the Class of 2009. More than 500 entering freshmen have GPAs of 4.00 or above, 200 scored over 1400 on their SATs, and two had perfect SAT scores. </p>
<p>Average SAT scores and the number of students with grade point averages of 4.00 or higher coming to the University of Delaware as freshman this fall have reached new levels, according to Lou Hirsh, UD admissions director. This is the first year that the average entering freshman at UD has SATs above 1200. </p>
<p>Delawareans make up one-third of the incoming class and have achieved GPAs of 3.43 with average SATs of 1155. The average out-of-state freshman has a high school GPA of 3.62 and SATs of 1231. </p>
<p>The new students come from 35 U.S. states, including Alaska and Hawaii, and nine foreign countries, with 1,125 from Delaware, followed by New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and Maryland.</p>
<p>Once again, the largest number of freshmen, 1,279, are enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences (with 569 undeclared majors), 478 in the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics, 347 in the College of Engineering, 337 in the College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy, 327 in the College of Health Sciences and 113 in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.</p>
<p>A higher proportion than ever before are part of minority groups--more than 15 percent--with the largest increase in Hispanic students.</p>
<p>More than half of the Class of 2009 participated in volunteer or community service and in sports before coming to UD.</p>
<p>Jessicia and Michael are the most popular male and female names coming to campus this fall. There are 78 Jessicas, beating out Lauren by 10 and trouncing former favorite, Jennifer, by 27. Michael and Matthew tied last year, but this year, 102 freshmen are named Michael and 79 are Matthews. There are 14 pairs of twins enrolled.</p>
<p>son, hispanic male, is looking at del as an alternative to md-too big. Delaware is ideal as close but not too close to home; close to philly for city life; good football- key for him; good business and engineering programs which he is trying to decide. Any thoughts on bus v. engineer & honors program; Also, any diversity recruiting or regular merit aid? Son has 192 psat; 2060 sat, 710m; 640v;710w; 3.75 wtd gpa; 4 on ap bio exam; mostly honors classes; very competitive h.s.; waiting to hear from college board nhrp about nhs should be at least hon mention maybe scholar depending on gpa calculation; del is top three for him along with md and ohio state u. thanks</p>
<p>Delaware has seen a marked increase in the representation of diverse students on campus in the past 5 years. The figure on the website is 15% minority population with the largest increase in applications this past year coming from students of Hispanic origin.</p>
<p>I think your best solution is to contact the admissions office - they would be more than happy to answer your questions about merit aid and diversity recruiting.</p>
<p>I know the business and engineering departments (especially Chem. E.) are held in high regard and are among the more selective of the programs offered at Delaware. Definitely check out the website and see what you can find there. </p>
<p>Maryland and Ohio State are great schools - but if he is concerned about size, he might want to consider a few other schools becuase UMD & OSU are much larger than Delaware.</p>
<p>jazy - My D was accepted into the UDel Honors Program. She visited the campus casually and was won over by the friendly people (both students and staff), the campus, the new science buildings, and most of all her visit to the Honors House. My advice would be to visit, and be sure to spend time speaking with the staff at Honors House many of whom are current or recently graduated Honors Program students.</p>
<p>We have a good friend whose son just started U Del in Engineering and really likes it (well, so far anyway!). I think it looks like a really nice school and will definitely be looking at it for my junior son who wants to do engineering. Is there a heavy NYC/Long Island population there (like so many east coast schools)? Sometimes that can feel a little unbalanced to me. Thanks for your insight.</p>
<p>I think that Delaware does have a large contingency from the NY metro area - but name a school on the east coast that doesn't I guess? Looking at the numbers... New York is actually #4 on the list of most student matriculants after (1) Delaware, (2) Pennsylvania and (3) New Jersey. </p>
<p>Class of 2009 has 457 students from the state of New York, which amounts to 13.2% of the incoming class.</p>
<p>sorry I had to laugh, my daughters friend "jessica" is there right now.. class of 2009</p>
<p>Thanks For All The Responses; Going On Campus Tour Saturday; Also Looking At Villanova</p>
<p>DD is a senior in the honors program, majoring in Elementary Education. She went to visit UD under parental duress, as she thought it would be too much like her HS, too big and not what she was looking for. After first visit, she grudgingly admitted that she liked the place. After second visit, she announced that "maybe" she'd apply. After third visit, she applied to the Honors program. When accepted, she chose UD over NYU, much to the chagrin and horror of most of her friends and acquaintances. After three years, she doesn't regret the decision at all, loves UD, thinks she's getting a fabulous education, and can't believe she's already a senior. Her biggest complaint: that the campus is low on diversity, although it's trying to change. That, and the fact that people tend to be "preppy," an offense in her anti-preppy view of life. DH and I think this is a great school, and heartily recommend it.</p>
<p>The daily pennsylvanian (UPenn's newspaper) posted a great article about Delaware and their football team.</p>