UW-Madison: General Qualifications of Admitted Freshmen

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<p><a href="https://www.admissions.wisc.edu/counselor.php%5B/url%5D"&gt;https://www.admissions.wisc.edu/counselor.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>FRESHMAN PROFILE</p>

<p>Here are the general qualifications of our admitted freshmen. These figures are not cutoffs. They are the middle 50% range for each indicator, so 25% of admitted students fell below the range and 25% placed above it.</p>

<p>Rank: 85–96th percentile</p>

<p>GPA: 3.5–3.9</p>

<p>ACT: 27–29</p>

<p>SAT: 1860–2090</p>

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<p>so the top quarter has gone down from 30 to 29 while the bottom quarter has gone up?</p>

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<p>Yes, based on ACT scores, the previous middle 50% was ACT 26-30. I don’t recall what the SAT middle 50% was prior to this chart.</p>

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<p>It does not say that. This says the admitted range–not the enrolled which is what goes in the CDS and other reports. The official enrolled data comes out after 6 weeks into the Fall term.</p>

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<p>It will be interesting to see the stats for enrolled students, especially since as a public school many top students will use it as their safety. I wonder if economics changes how many in the top quartile choose UW for financial reasons compared to several years ago.</p>

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<p>Well, barrons, in most cases the enrolled ranges tend to be lower rather than higher than the admitted ranges because a disproportionately higher number of students in the higher ranges tend to go to a higher ranked school. That’s why you’re seeing 26 as the lower range on the CDS but 27 as the lower number here. Maybe UW bucks the trend on the top range because top in state kids who also get into higher-ranked out of state schools decide in the end to “settle” on UW?</p>

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<p>Looks like wis75 has answered my question. Without question most colleges have lower “enrolled” numbers than “admitted” numbers.</p>

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<p>Haven’t answered any questions about enrolled compared to accepted stats- maybe someone will do the research and give us the numbers. Most college students settle for their school- how many dream of Harvard or UW but know their chances are small for getting in? Even some Harvard students were denied their first choice and settled on it. </p>

<p>Always looking at the negative aspects of everything doesn’t help dealing most satisfactorily with realities. The glass can be half full just as easily as half empty. A positive spin on things will usually be of the most psychological benefit. UW seems to generate many satisfied alumni. Not everyone looks to the old east coast for the epitome of life, the midwest is different and not a stepchild to the earliest years of this country- different attitudes.</p>

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<p>Wis75, no one’s dealing with negative anything. I was actually agreeing with your hypothesis that “higher range” kids might be choosing UW despite getting into higher ranked and more selective schools for whatever reason – economics or what have you. </p>

<p>Wow.</p>

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<p>I’m much more concerned and happy with the fast that UW continues to bring in star faculty from other top schools while others struggle. Those that choose UW for college will continue get some of the best faculty in the US. From another thread</p>

<p>UW Recent hires Econ</p>

<p>From UM</p>

<p><a href=“http://lonessmith.com/content/my-cv[/url]”>http://lonessmith.com/content/my-cv&lt;/a&gt;
From Penn</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.ssc.upenn.edu/~rwright/[/url]”>http://www.ssc.upenn.edu/~rwright/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>From Northwestern</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~ctaber/vita.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ssc.wisc.edu/~ctaber/vita.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Kenneth Hendricks</p>

<p>Texas Austin–starts next Fall</p>

<p><a href=“http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:WbxYfhfhpIwJ:www.utexas.edu/cola/files/407062+kenneth+hendricks&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESi--QNPzDoTRQXllogNnDHsC6Fvom7F5aZcz_94Z5EEN1CPiNOu3t4l7QAYFTltOBUaUWGcHXRHyFzG_fdLghw3AdbUJxO7IWnBQtjGSMxBOW2cCpwTT3Up_GMz9tSSivRIwj2h&sig=AHIEtbSZb2ceKmTCqbs1m7IF1NAe4a2cnA[/url]”>http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:WbxYfhfhpIwJ:www.utexas.edu/cola/files/407062+kenneth+hendricks&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESi--QNPzDoTRQXllogNnDHsC6Fvom7F5aZcz_94Z5EEN1CPiNOu3t4l7QAYFTltOBUaUWGcHXRHyFzG_fdLghw3AdbUJxO7IWnBQtjGSMxBOW2cCpwTT3Up_GMz9tSSivRIwj2h&sig=AHIEtbSZb2ceKmTCqbs1m7IF1NAe4a2cnA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>That’s great, barrons, but this thread is called “UW-Madison: General Qualifications of Admitted Freshmen.” It isn’t called “UW recent hires.” </p>

<p>I’d appreciate it very much if you’d keep the discussion to the issue at hand.</p>

<p>Thanks.</p>

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<p>I’d appreciate you leaving for good but we can’t always get what we want. So deal.</p>

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<p>Good for them. Too bad their science faculty recruiting ended in abject failure. All those smart kids hoodwinked by a nice setting and US News.</p>

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<p>Doesn’t seem to hurt them in top graduate school admissions:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/pdfs/wsj_college_092503.pdf[/url]”>http://www.wsjclassroomedition.com/pdfs/wsj_college_092503.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>But wait, we digress!</p>

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<p>Look, I’m sorry, but please go back and re-read this thread. What I’m seeing is that we were having a perfectly reasonable and rational discussion about the apparent discrepency between the numbers reported for accepted students and enrolled students and what might be behind it – no insults, no boorish behavior, no nothing, with everything on track – and next thing I knew we were talking about UW’s new faculty hires. Which has nothing to do with the topic. I point that out, and I’m insulted. And then I’m insulted again by another poster. And all that on a board of a university that’s lauded as so “open-minded,” “diverse,” and “accepting”?</p>

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<p>No, the original post commented on accepted student stats. Can someone find and report on the enrolled stats, please. And ONLY regarding UW.</p>

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<p>Um, sorry wis75, but isn’t this your previous post on this very thread:</p>

<p>“It will be interesting to see the stats for enrolled students, especially since as a public school many top students will use it as their safety.”</p>

<p>We – in fact, you yourself! – were indeed talking about enrolled students as well.</p>

<p>In any event, the CDS says the mid-range is 26 to 30 for enrolled students.</p>