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First-Year Student Profiles
Below are some academic and demographic details about Hood's Fall 2008 first-year students.
Admission to Hood is selective and is based on high school academic performance, standardized test scores (SAT, ACT), recommendations and demonstrated special talents.
Average GPA |
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| Overall: | 3.52 |
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Class Rank |
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| Not all high schools provide a class rank. For those students who reported a rank in class (181), 53 percent were in the top 25 percent of their graduating class. | ||||
Standardized Test Scores |
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| SAT Combined: | 1069 (range 970-1160) |
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| Verbal - (average): | 537 (range 470-600) |
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| Math - (average): | 532 (range 480-580) |
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| ACT Composite (average): | 22 |
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Biographical Information |
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| Entering Class | 308 |
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| Female | 200 |
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| Male | 108 |
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| Ethnicity/Race | ||||
| African American/Black | 43 |
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| Asian/Pacific Islander | 16 |
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| Caucasian | 212 |
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| Hispanic/Latino | 12 |
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| International | 11 |
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| Multiracial | 9 |
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| Not listed/Other | 15 |
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Where do they come from? |
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| Connecticut | 2 |
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| District of Columbia | 3 |
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| Delaware | 2 |
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| Georgia | 3 |
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| Idaho | 1 |
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| Maine | 1 |
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| Maryland | 216 |
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| Massachusetts | 3 |
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| Nebraska | 1 |
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| Nevada | 1 |
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| New Jersey | 15 |
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| New York | 8 |
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| Ohio | 1 |
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| Pennsylvania | 21 |
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| Rhode Island | 1 |
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| Virginia | 10 |
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| West Virginia | 5 |
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| Puerto Rico | 1 |
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| Virgin Islands | 1 |
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| U.S. living abroad (Costa Rica) | 1 |
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Home Countries of Entering Students |
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| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Peru |
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| Croatia | Russia | |||
| Estonia | South Africa |
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| Indonesia | South Africa |
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| Netherlands | Uganda |
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