Application Process
Admissions Profile for the Class of 2013

Profile for the Class of 2013
 Applicants: 4,715
Accepted: 1,848 (39%)
Enrolled: 596 (32%)

Profile of Matriculants
316 or 53% are women
280 or 47% are men
53 or 9% are U.S. students of color
15 or 2.5% are dual citizens with the U.S., representing 8 nationalities
30 or 5% are international students representing 16 nationalities
245 or 41% are from New York State
319 or 54% come from 24 other states
32 or 5% live outside the U.S.

High School Activities
508 (85%) participated in athletics
507 (85%) were involved in community service or volunteer activities
429 (72%) held leadership positions
371 (62%) participated in academic clubs
250 (42%) participated in the arts
101 (17%) were involved in activities such as school newspaper, yearbook, literary magazine, etc.

Class Rank
(263 students or 44% attended high schools that report class rank)
By Percentile (cumulative)
Top 10% 41
Top 25% 80
Top 50% 96

By Quintile
Top 70%
2nd 22%
3rd 7%
4th 1%
5th 0%

High School Type
Public: 65%
Private/Parochial: 35%
Number of high schools represented: 395

Standardized Tests
Frequency Distribution of SAT I Scores for Matriculants
(56% of entering first-year students submitted test scores)
Middle 50% Math/Critical Reading/Writing: 1720–1920

Financial Aid
Total Aid Package (scholarships, grants and loans)
Number of recipients: 499 (or 84%)
Mean $31,209
Median $31,964

Merit Scholarships
Number of recipients: 228
Distribution:
$7,500 11
$10,000 6
$12,500 55
$15,000 31
$20,000 101
Other 24

Need-based SLU Grants
Number of recipients: 394 (Of these 394, 165 students or 42% are
also merit scholarship recipients.)
Mean $17,409
Median $16.543

Grant-in-Aid (full scholarships for Division I ice hockey student-athletes)
Number of recipients: 5

Legacy Grants (for students whose grandparent, parent, or sibling is a
graduate or current student)
Number of recipients: 80

Standardized Tests

Comparative Profile for Recent Classes

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Applicants 2745 2867 3082 2985 2989 3192 4645 5419 4715
Admitted 1674 1869 1769 1822 1770 1878 2030 1829 1848
Admit Rate 61.0% 65.2% 57.4% 61.0% 59.2% 58.8% 43.7% 33.8% 39.2%
Matriculants 511 620 566 568 537 621 638 616 596
Yield 30.5% 33.2% 32.0% 31.2% 30.7% 33.1% 31.4% 33.7% 32.3%
ED Matriculants 101 126 125 115 152 145 149 148 191
% of Class ED 19.8% 20.3% 22.1% 20.2% 28.3% 23.3% 23.4% 31.0% 30.2%

High School Rank of Matriculants

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
First Quartile 66% 62% 68% 74% 71% 67% 74% 74% 80%
Second Quartile 26% 30% 28% 21% 25% 24% 22% 22% 16%
Third Quartile 7% 7% 4% 4% 4% 7% 4% 4% 4%
Fourth Quartile 1% 1% 0% 1% 0% 2% 0% 0% 1%

Testing Profile of Matriculants

  2010 2011 2012 2013
% with SAT I 59% 55% 59% 56%
25th Percentile 1670 1710 1710 1720
75th Percentile 1890 1900 1910 1920
Median 1770 1810 1820 1813
Mean 1781 1798 1814 1811

*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 2013
International Students 15 16 23 19 37 25 32 34 30
U.S. Students of Color 37 36 64 53 60 73 64 58 53

High School Type

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Private/
Parochial		 28.7% 28.5% 28.8% 32.5% 35.6% 31.6% 30.3% 30.1% 35.1%
Public 71.3% 71.5% 71.2% 67.5% 64.4% 68.4% 69.7% 69.9% 64.9%

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

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
85.5% 84.8% 82.9% 84.3% 84.9% 80.2% 81.2% 84.7% 83.7

Class of 2013 data accurate as of July 15, 2009
Final data used for classes 2005-2012