St Michael's College Received Largest Number of Applicants in College History

Saint Michael's College has received the largest number of applications
for fall admission to the first-year class in the history of the liberal
arts Catholic residential college. As of March 28, the number of
applicants totaled 2,753.
"We are extremely pleased to break the application record, of course,"
said Jerry Flanagan, vice president for marketing and enrollment. "But we
are even more pleased with the quality of the applicants," he said.
"Having read every student application to Saint Michael's for going on 30
years, I can say this applicant pool is outstanding-for academic
achievement, for diversity, for volunteer service (67 percent indicate
they have done and want to do volunteer service)-we're just delighted."
Director of Admission Jacqueline Murphy said the college accepted about 65
percent of the applications received. She said women make up 49 percent of
the applicant pool, but 55 percent of the acceptances, while men are 51
percent of the pool and 45 percent of the acceptances. The application
pool includes 21 high school valedictorians and 13 salutatorians, and
includes students from 35 states and 10 countries.
The exact size and shape of the next entering class at Saint Michael's
will not be known until May 1 when accepted students declare their
intention to attend.