First-year profile

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First-year profile

Class of 2029

  • Total applications: 4,425
  • Accepted applications: 2,663

Enrollment

  • Number of first-year students: 450
  • Yield: 19%
  • Transfers: 37

Gender

  • Men: 211 (47%)
  • Women: 239 (53%)

Students of color

  • Total: 91 (16%)

Geographic distribution

  • Enrolled from South Carolina: 269 (53%)
  • Enrolled from out of state: 238 (47%)
  • Number of states represented: 26
  • Foreign countries represented: 9

School Distribution

  • Home School: 1
  • International Schools: 3
  • Private Schools: 141
  • Public Schools: 305

High School GPA

  • Average GPA: over 4.0
  • Average recalculated GPA: 3.67

The Class of 2029 has:

  • The class has 124 legacy students, which means they are following a family member to Wofford.
  • Student-athletes total 128 students.
  • There are 87 Pell Grant recipients.
  • The class has 71 first-generation college students.
  • There are 43 Palmetto Fellows.
  • Six have a parent who works at Wofford.
  • They hail from as far away as Finland to as close as two miles from Wofford’s campus.

First-year students include:

  • 179 were team captains.
  • 55 were club presidents.
  • Nine were editors of high school publications.
  • 17 received Gold and Eagle Scout awards.
  • 11 were student body presidents.
  • Seven were valedictorians or salutatorians.
  • There are multiple AP Scholars with Distinction.
  • Members of the class brought home state championships in mock trial, tennis, dance, lacrosse, softball, basketball, football and soccer.

One of your classmates:

  • One was a marching band section leader who performed in Dublin on St. Patrick’s Day.
  • There are two third-generation Wofford students.
  • One caught 20 fish in one day while on a trip to Colorado.
  • Another student hiked the Grand Canyon.
  • A student raised $283,000 for Blood Cancer United.
  • Several are scuba certified.
  • One has attended every Wofford home football and men’s basketball game since she was born.
  • One student completed a 100-mile bike ride, navigating four flat tires along the way, including a 15-mile stretch on a flat.
  • Another attended a wedding in London at Kensington Palace.
  • A student played soccer all four years of high school and never won a game.
  • One is fluent in three languages.
  • A student worked three part-time jobs before attending Wofford.
  • One ran over 2,000 miles in their senior year.
  • A student sold $7,000 worth of boots in a single day.
  • One signed with an international modeling agency.
  • Two students sang at their high school graduations.
  • One played over 1,000 rounds of Mario Kart with her younger brother.
  • One student ran a book drive that collected over 1,000 books.
  • Another is working on building an online ACL rehab course.
  • A student learned over 30 line dances this year.
  • There is a student who blew all their money on golf clubs, while another saved a stray cat while golfing and named him Bogey.
  • Another completed a black diamond snowboarding run this year.
  • One student published a children’s book, while another student is in the process of publishing a poetry book.
  • One earned their U.S. Coast Guard license.
  • A student celebrated an important milestone recently, being cancer free for one year.