Randolph Macon College is seeing record enrollment for the fall semester.
Below is a press release from Randolph Macon:
Randolph-Macon College Breaks Enrollment Records!
Randolph-Macon College announces its highest overall enrollment ever, with 1246 students kicking off the 2009 academic year! In addition, the College produced the largest freshmen applicant pool in R-MC's history. 362 freshmen enrolled and 33 transfer students, with 79% ranking in the top 50% of their high school class and an average GPA of 3.3.
"This is exciting news for us and a tremendous way to begin a new academic year," said R-MC President, Robert R. Lindgren. "This underscores that our message about the value and affordability of Randolph-Macon's nationally-recognized liberal arts education is being heard."
This is the fourth consecutive year that R-MC received a record number of applications which also resulted in the largest entering freshmen classes in R-MC history. The 2009 applicant pool rose to a record breaking 4,308 prospective students. The freshman class represents Virginia, 13 other states, District of Columbia and four foreign nations with 20% representing an ethnic minority group.
Randolph-Macon is offering an excellent series of First Year Experience programs for the upcoming academic year, 21 Study/Travel Courses in January Term 2010, national and international internships and a wide-range of research projects through its Schapiro Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. "Our exceptional faculty and academic programs continue to gain national and international recognition," said Lindgren, "and we are thrilled to witness this incredible interest in attending Randolph-Macon College."
Below is a press release from Randolph Macon:
Randolph-Macon College Breaks Enrollment Records!
Randolph-Macon College announces its highest overall enrollment ever, with 1246 students kicking off the 2009 academic year! In addition, the College produced the largest freshmen applicant pool in R-MC's history. 362 freshmen enrolled and 33 transfer students, with 79% ranking in the top 50% of their high school class and an average GPA of 3.3.
"This is exciting news for us and a tremendous way to begin a new academic year," said R-MC President, Robert R. Lindgren. "This underscores that our message about the value and affordability of Randolph-Macon's nationally-recognized liberal arts education is being heard."
This is the fourth consecutive year that R-MC received a record number of applications which also resulted in the largest entering freshmen classes in R-MC history. The 2009 applicant pool rose to a record breaking 4,308 prospective students. The freshman class represents Virginia, 13 other states, District of Columbia and four foreign nations with 20% representing an ethnic minority group.
Randolph-Macon is offering an excellent series of First Year Experience programs for the upcoming academic year, 21 Study/Travel Courses in January Term 2010, national and international internships and a wide-range of research projects through its Schapiro Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program. "Our exceptional faculty and academic programs continue to gain national and international recognition," said Lindgren, "and we are thrilled to witness this incredible interest in attending Randolph-Macon College."
