| SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE CDS FOR 2015-2016 | |||||||||
| Changes to the 2015-2016 CDS document are highlighted in yellow in Sections C & H | |||||||||
| C8B Entrance Exams - Minor wording changes to the 3 ACT categories + addition of 3 Essay questions | |||||||||
| for the SAT | |||||||||
| B. If your institution will make use of the ACT in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking | |||||||||
| applicants for Fall 2017 please indicate which ONE of the of the following applies (regardless of whether the | |||||||||
| writing score will be used in the admissions process): | |||||||||
| ___ ACT with writing required | |||||||||
| ___ ACT with writing recommended. | |||||||||
| ___ ACT with or without writing accepted | |||||||||
| If your institution will make use of the SAT in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking | |||||||||
| applicants for Fall 2017 please indicate which ONE of the following applies (regardless of whether the Essay | |||||||||
| score will be used in the admissions process): | |||||||||
| ___ SAT with Essay component required | |||||||||
| ___ SAT with ESSAY component recommended | |||||||||
| ___ SAT with or without ESSAY component accepted | |||||||||
| H4, H4a, H5, and H5A have been revised to include a more comprehensive chart for reporting on loan sources and amount borrowed. H4, H4a, H5, and H5a are now reported under just H4 and H5 | |||||||||
| Note: These are the graduates and loan types to include and exclude in order to fill out CDS H4 and H5. | |||||||||
| Include: | |||||||||
| * 2015 undergraduate class: all students who started at your institution as first-time students and received | |||||||||
| a bachelor's degree between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015. | |||||||||
| * only loans made to students who borrowed while enrolled at your institution. | |||||||||
| * co-signed loans. | |||||||||
| Exclude: | |||||||||
| * students who transferred in. | |||||||||
| * money borrowed at other institutions. | |||||||||
| * parent loans | |||||||||
| * students who did not graduate or who graduated with another degree or certificate (but no bachelor’s degree.) | |||||||||
| H4. Provide the number of students in the 2015 undergraduate class who started at your institution as first-time | |||||||||
| students and received a bachelor's degree between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015. | |||||||||
| Exclude students who transferred into your institution. _______ | |||||||||
| H5. Number and percent of students in class (defined in H4 above) borrowing from federal, non-federal, and any | |||||||||
| loan sources, and the average (or mean) amount borrowed | |||||||||
| Number in the class (defined in H4 above) who borrowed | Percent of the class (defined above) who borrowed (nearest 1%) | Average per-undergraduate-borrower cumulative principal borrowed, of those in the first column (nearest $1) | |||||||
| a) Any loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans that your institution is aware of, etc. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans. | % | $ | |||||||
| b) Federal loan programs: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans. | % | $ | |||||||
| c) Institutional loan programs. | % | $ | |||||||
| d) State loan programs. | % | $ | |||||||
| e) Private alternative loans made by a bank or lender. | % | $ | |||||||