2008 First Year Profile 

Regina Fuller Freshman Male freshman male 2.1 freshman female

Applications

Total Applications 2278
Approved 1342
% Approved 59%

Enrollment

Total Enrollment

1400

Number of Freshmen

415
% of Approvals that Enrolled (yield) 31%

Transfers

17

Day and Boarding Students

A. Resident

408 (98%)

B. Commuting

7 (2%)

Enrollment by Gender

A. Men

212(51%)

B. Women

203(49%)

Minority Enrollment

A. African-American

23 (5%)
B. Asian 11 (3%)

C. Hispanic

6 (1%)

D. Other

3 (1%)

E. Unknown

15 (4%)
F. International 5 (1%)
G. Total 62 (15%)

Geographic Distribution

A. Enrolled From South Carolina

228 (55%)

B. Enrolled From Out-of-State

187 (45%)

C. Number of States Represented

24

D. Foreign Countries Represented

5

School Distribution

A. From Private Schools

155 (37%)

B. From Public Schools

252 (61%)
C. Home-Schooled 3(0.7%)
D. Foreign Schools 5(1%)
High School GPA
Average GPA

3.49

(This GPA is recalculated using only academic courses giving an extra grade point for AP and IB courses.)

High School Class Rank

Top 10%

56%

Top 20%

74%
Top 30% 88%

Not Ranked

155

SAT/ACT Information

SAT Critical Reading Average 613
SAT Math Average 624

Average SAT

1237
SAT Mid 50% 1140-1330

Average ACT

25
ACT Mid 50% 23-27

National/State Awards

Palmetto Fellows




79

National Merit Scholars 9
Girls State Delegates (SC) 16
Boys State Delegates (SC) 25
Eagle Scout/Gold Award 25






Valedictorians and Salutatorians 31
Team Captains 109
                  

Freshman Students

More on the Class of 2012:

• 33 are the first in their families to attend college
• One is a homecoming queen who drives a racecar
• One was a caddy at the U.S. Open
• One has been to the top of six fourteeners (mountains that have elevation
    of 14,000 feet or more)
• One wrote and edited a trilogy that is in the process of being published
• One claims to have memorized every pop song since his year of birth (1991)
• One is a triathlete
• One is a semi-professional kayaker
• One traveled to China to install water treatment systems
• One has nine siblings and lived in Alaska for 12 years
• One started a program that raised $1,500 in relief for Katrina victims
• One can pogo stick jump for 1,110 consecutive jumps (would have done
    more but got pushed off by a friend)
• One saved a peer from drowning during the Duke University Marine Lab
• One was the SC Beta Club vice president
• One was a three-time state champion in two different sports
• One is a Greek folk dancer
• One won a Battle of the Bands in Montgomery, Ala. and his band put out a CD
• One was cum laude on the National Latin Exam

Wofford College's Class of 2012, with 415 first-year students who begin
classes on Monday, Sept. 1, is the largest, most well-prepared incoming
class in the college's history.