The 94 students enrolled in the university's new Honors College are among the anticipated 2,000 members of the Class of 2008 who will arrive on Aug. 27. The Honors College will provide an intensely focused environment for some of the most outstanding undergraduates. Over the next four years, the college will grow to include up to 700 students representing all seven undergraduate colleges.
With help from about 200 faculty, student and staff volunteers, first-year students will spend the day moving into residence halls, setting up computers and attending orientation and social events. Also on Friday, campus orientation/campus life sessions will be offered for first-year, transfer and international students who did not attend the June program.
Classes begin Aug. 30 for an estimated 8,000 undergraduates; 1,535 graduate, post-baccalaureate certificate and non-degree students; 380 transfer students; and 399 medical students. Nearly 4,025 students are expected to live on campus.
The Class of 2008 with 65 more members than last year's incoming Class is evidence of the university's continuing commitment to attract high quality students, as determined by admissions ratings, SAT scores and high school rank. This year's incoming class comprises an estimated 1,475 out-of-state students with combined mean SAT scores of 1165, while an estimated 525 Vermont first-year students had combined mean SAT scores of1125.
African, Latino/a, Asian and Native American enrollments are up again this year, with 520 ALANA undergraduates currently registered for classes, compared to 494 multicultural degree students last year. Of the 155 first-year ALANA students expected to begin classes this fall, 16 graduated from Christopher Columbus High School in the Bronx, where UVM has a partnership agreement. Eighteen new students are Green and Gold Scholars, top students from Vermont high schools who receive full tuition,four-year merit scholarships to UVM.
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