See Also: New Freshman and New Transfer Applications (Fall 1990 - 2002)

USC Columbia
New Freshman Profile - Fall 2002

Application Information
# of Applicants:	12,016
# Admitted:	8,446	70.3%
# Enrolled:	3,561	29.6%

General Information
Males:	1,621	45.5%
Females:	1,940	54.5%

High School
# of SC High Schools Represented:	229
# Who Attended High Schools Out of State:	844	23.7%

State Representation (Top 10)
South Carolina		77.2%
Virginia		3.2%
North Carolina		3.0%
Georgia		2.8%
Pennsylvania		1.7%
Ohio		1.5%
Maryland		1.4%
Tennessee		1.3%
New Jersey/Florida (each)		1.1%

Foreign Country Representation # of Students:   20

Foreign Countries Represented: Albania, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Republic of Korea, Lebanon, Netherlands, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Ethnic Diversity
Non-Resident Alien		0.6%
African-American		12.1%
American Indian		0.3%
Asian		2.9%
Hispanic		1.6%
White		75.1%
Unknown		7.4%

Academic Achievement - High School
Top 10%	23.0%
2nd Tenth	18.9%
3rd Tenth	16.6%
4th Tenth	11.1%
5th Tenth	8.3%
6th Tenth	4.7%
7th Tenth	3.6%
Bottom 3 Tenths	2.4%
Not Reported	11.5%

SAT by Score Range
	Verbal	Math
700-800	4.9%	5.7%
600-699	19.2%	23.6%
500-599	38.5%	39.2%
400-499	19.1%	13.7%
300-399	1.0%	0.5%
200-299	0.0%	0.0%
Not Reported	17.3%	17.3%