Name: Rebecca Boyer-Anderson

Affiliation: Withheld.

Location: UConn Storrs

Request Date Start: Withheld.

Request Date End: Withheld.

Details: I am seeking data, in electronic form (such as an Excel file), on the background and demographic characteristics of applicants to your undergraduate program for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 admissions cycles. (By 2017-18, for example, I am referring to the admissions cycle that began in 2017 and led to the admission of freshmen entering in the fall of 2018.) I am generally interested in the objective data your school systematically collects for use in admissions decisions. These include, if you collect this information:

• SAT I (or Reasoning Test), including Math, Critical Reading, and Writing scores;
• SAT II subject tests, reporting score and subject;
• ACT scores;
• Advanced Placement Scores, reporting score by subject;
• High school GPA (as reported by the applicant’s high school);
• Adjusted high school GPA (if your college uses an adjusted measure);
• Race;
• Ethnicity or Hispanic origin;
• Gender;
• High school class rank;
• Parents’ income (in any reported categories);
• Highest level of education achieved by a parent, or father’s educational attainment and mother’s educational attainment;
• Whether the student lives in a single-parent household;
• State residency status;
• College program for which applicant is considered, if applicable;
• Whether the student was offered an athletic scholarship or admitted through an athletic preference;
• Whether the student has parents who are alumni/ae of your school;
• Any numerical admissions index used in making admissions decisions;
• Was the applicant accepted?
• Did the applicant enroll?
In addition to the specific data, I would like copies of admissions policies or background
materials on how this information is used in admissions decisions. For example, I am interested in how your institution handles applicants with multiple scores on the SAT or ACT; the adjustment method you use (if any) for high school grades; whether the strength of an applicant’s high school is a factor in admissions, and so on.

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