A. GENERAL INFORMATION

A0. Respondent Information (Not for Publication)

Tom Van Eck
Director of Institutional and Enrollment Research
3201 Burton Street, S.E. Grand Rapids, MI 49546
(616) 526-8553
Fax: (616) 526-8551
tveck@calvin.edu

Are your responses to the CDS posted for reference on your institution's Web site? Yes No

If yes, please provide the URL of the corresponding Web page:
http://www.calvin.edu/admin/enrollment/cds/

A0A. We invite you to indicate if there are items on the CDS for which you cannot use the requested analytic convention, cannot provide data for the cohort requested, whose methodology is unclear, or about which you have questions or comments in general. This information will not be published but will help the publishers further refine CDS items.

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A1. Address Information

Calvin College

3201 Burton Street S.E.

Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Phone: (616) 526-6000

WWW Home Page: http://www.calvin.edu

 

Admissions Phone: (616) 526-6106

Admissions Toll Free: (800) 668-0122

Admissions Fax: (616) 526-6777

Admissions E-mail: admissions@calvin.edu

If there is a separate URL for your school's online application, please specify: http://www.calvin.edu/admin/admissions/

If you have a mailing address other than the above to which applications should be sent, please provide: None

A2. Source of institutional control (check one only)

Public

Private (nonprofit)

Proprietary

A3. Classify your undergraduate institution:

Coeducational college

Men's college

Women's college

A4. Academic year calendar

	Semester		4-1-4
	Quarter		Continuous
	Trimester		Differs by program (describe):
	Other (describe):

A5. Degrees offered by your institution

	Certificate		Postbachelor's certificate
	Diploma		Master's
	Associate		Post-master's certificate
	Transfer		Doctoral
	Terminal		First professional
	Bachelor's		First professional certificate

C. FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (FRESHMAN) ADMISSION

Applications

C1. First-time, first-year (freshman) students: Provide the number of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in fall 2007. Include early decision, early action, and students who began studies during summer in this cohort. Applicants should include only those students who fulfilled the requirements for consideration for admission (i.e., who completed actionable applications) and who have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, nonadmission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution). Admitted applicants should include wait-listed students who were subsequently offered admission.

Total men applied: 972

Total women applied: 1305

Total men admitted: 923

Total women admitted: 1246

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men enrolled: 481

Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) men enrolled: 1

Total full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women enrolled: 556

Total part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) women enrolled: 1

C2. Freshman wait-listed students (students who met admission requirements but whose final admission was contingent on space availability)

Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list? Yes No

If yes, please answer the questions below for fall 2007 admissions:

Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list:___60_______

Number accepting a place on the waiting list:____50______

Number of wait-listed students admitted:____30______

Is your waiting list ranked? No

If yes, do you release that information to students?

Do you release that information to school counselors?

Admission Requirements

C3. High school completion requirement

Check the appropriate box to identify your high school completion requirement for degree-seeking entering students

High school diploma is required and GED is accepted
High school diploma is required and GED is not accepted
High school diploma or equivalent is not required

C4. Does your institution require or recommend a general college preparatory program for degree-seeking students?

Required
Recommended
Neither required nor recommended

C5. Distribution of high school units required and/or recommended. Specify the distribution of academic high school course units required and/or recommended of all or most degree-seeking students using Carnegie units (one unit equals one year of study or its equivalent). If you use a different system for calculating units, please convert.

	Units required	Units recommended
Total academic units	12	17
English	3	4
Mathematics	3	3
Science	2	2
Of these, units that must be lab		1
Foreign language	0	2
Social studies	2	3
History
Academic electives	3	3
Computer science
Visual/performing arts
Other (specify)

Basis for Selection

C6. Do you have an open admission policy, under which virtually all secondary school graduates or students with GED equivalency diplomas are admitted without regard to academic record, test scores, or other qualifications? If so, check which applies:

Open admission policy as described above for all students:__________

Open admission policy as described above for most students, but

selective admission for out-of-state students:__________

selective admission to some programs:__________

other (explain):________________________________

C7. Relative importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in your first-time, first- year, degree-seeking (freshman) admission decisions.

	Very important	Important	Considered	Not considered
Academic
Rigor of secondary school record
Class rank
Academic GPA
Standardized test scores
Application Essay
Recommendation
Nonacademic
Interview
Extracurricular activities
Talent/ability
Character/personal qualities
First generation
Alumni/ae relation
Geographical residence
State residency
Religious affiliation/commitment
Racial/ethnic status
Volunteer work
Work experience
Level of applicant's interest

SAT and ACT Policies

Note: The SAT I is now called SAT Reasoning or the SAT; SAT II Tests are now called SAT Subject Tests. As of March 2006 the SAT Reasoning Test will include a mandatory writing component; the SAT Subject Test in Writing will not be administered after January 2006. The ACT will have an optional writing component as of February 2006.

C8. Entrance exams

a. Does your institution make use of SAT I, SAT II, or ACT scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants? Yes No

If yes, place check marks in the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institution's policies for use in admission for Fall 2009.

ADMISSION
	Require	Recommend	Require for some	Considered if submitted	Not used
SAT or ACT
ACT only
SAT only
SAT and SAT Subject Tests
SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT
SAT Subject Tests

B. If your institution will make use of the ACT in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants for Fall 2009, please indicate which ONE of the following applies (regardless of whether the writing score will be used in the admissions process):

ACT with Writing component required

ACT without Writing component recommended. .

ACT with or without Writing component accepted

C. Please indicate how your institution will use the SAT or ACT essay component; check all that apply:

For admission

For placement

For advising

In place of an application essay

As a validity check on the application essay

No college policy as of now

Not using essay component

D. In addition, does your institution use applicants' test scores for academic advising ? [formerly part of C8A]

Placement	Yes	No
Counseling	Yes	No

E. Does your institution use the SAT Reasoning or SAT Subject Tests or the ACT for placement only ? If so, please mark the appropriate boxes below: [formerly part of C8B]

PLACEMENT
	Require	Recommend	Require for some
SAT Reasoning
SAT Subject Tests
ACT
SAT Reasoning or ACT

F.  [formerly C8C]

Latest date by which SAT or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission___8/15_______

Latest date by which SAT Subject Test scores must be received for fall-term admission__N/A_______

G. Please indicate which tests your institution uses for placement (e.g., state tests): Institutional Exam

If necessary, use this space to clarify your test policies (e.g., if tests are recommended for some students, or if tests are not required of some students): _____________________________________________________________________

Freshman Profile

Provide percentages for ALL enrolled degree-seeking full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2007, including students who began studies during summer, international students/nonresident aliens, and students admitted under special arrangements.

C9. Percent and number of first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in fall 2007 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores. Include information for ALL enrolled, first-time, first-year (freshman) degree-seeking students who submitted test scores. Do not include partial test scores (e.g., mathematics scores but not critical reading for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item. Do not convert SAT scores to ACT scores and vice versa. The 25th percentile is the score that 25 percent scored at or below; the 75th percentile score is the one that 25 percent scored at or above.

Percent submitting SAT scores: 35.8%	Number submitting SAT scores: 372
Percent submitting ACT scores: 77.4%	Number submitting ACT scores: 805

	25th percentile	75th percentile
SAT Critical Reading	530	650
SAT Math	540	650
SAT Writing
SAT Essay
ACT Composite	23	28
ACT Math	22	28
ACT English	22	29
ACT Writing

Percent of first-time, first-year (freshman) students with scores in each range

C10. Percent of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school class rank within each of the following ranges (report information for those students from whom you collected high school rank information).

Percent in top 10th of high school graduating class: 25.5%

Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class: 50.6%

Percent in top half of high school graduating class: 79.6%

Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class: 20.4%

Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class: 5.5%

Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school class rank: 73.9%

C11. Percentage of all enrolled, degree-seeking first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school grade-point averages within each of the following ranges (using 4.0 scale); report information only for those students from whom you collected high school GPA

Percent who had GPA of 3.75 and higher 41.4%

Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.74 20.7%

Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49 16.6%

Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.24 9.5%

Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.99 10.2%

Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.49 1.7%

Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99: 0.0%

Percent who had GPA below 1.0: 0.0%

C12. Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA: 3.59

Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA: 98%

Admission Policies

C13. Application fee

Does your institution have an application fee? Yes No

Amount of application fee: $35; waived for applications received before December 1

Can it be waived for applicants with financial need? Yes No

If you have an application fee and an on-line application option, please indicate policy for students who apply on-line:

Same fee: ____

Free: _____

Reduced: _X___

Can on-line application fee be waived for applicants with financial need? Yes/no

C14. Application closing date

Does your institution have an application closing date? Yes No

Application closing date (fall): 8/15

Priority date:________

C15. Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall?

Yes No

C16. Notification to applicants of admission decision sent (fill in one only)

On a rolling basis beginning (date): 11/1

By (date):

Other:

C17. Reply policy for admitted applicants (fill in one only)

Must reply by (date): 5/1

No set date:

Must reply by May 1 or within 4 weeks if notified thereafter until 8/15

Other:

Deadline for housing deposit (MMDD): _____________

Amount of housing deposit: ______________

Refundable if student does not enroll?

___ Yes, in full

___ Yes, in part

____ No

C18. Deferred admission: Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission?

Yes No

If yes, maximum period of postponement: 1 year

C19. Early admission of high school students: Does your institution allow high school students to enroll as full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students one year or more before high school graduation? Yes No

C20. Common application: Question removed from CDS. (Initiated during 2006-2007 cycle)

Early Decision and Early Action Plans

C21. Early decision: Does your institution offer an early decision plan (an admission plan that permits students to apply and be notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date and that asks students to commit to attending if accepted) for first-time, first-year (freshman) applicants for fall enrollment? Yes No

If "yes," please complete the following :

First or only early decision plan closing date:

First or only early decision plan notification date:

Other early decision plan closing date:

Other early decision plan notification date:

For the Fall 2007 entering class:

Number of early decision applications received by your institution:

Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan:

Please provide significant details about your early decision plan:

C22. Early action: Do you have a nonbinding early action plan whereby students are notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date but do not have to commit to attending your college?

Yes No

If "yes," please complete the following :

Early action closing date:

Early action notification date:

Is your early action plan a “restrictive” plan under which you limit students from applying to other early plans?

D. TRANSFER ADMISSION

Fall Applicants

D1. Does your institution enroll transfer students?YesNo
(If no, please skip to Academic Offerings & Policies.)

If yes, may transfer students earn advanced standing credit by transferring credits earned from course work completed at other colleges/universities?YesNo

D2. Provide the number of students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled as degree-seeking transfer students in fall 2007.

	Applicants	Admitted applicants	Enrolled applicants
Men	74	62	35
Women	96	89	50
Total	170	151	85

Application for Admission

D3. Indicate terms for which transfers may enroll:

FallWinterSpringSummer

D4. Must a transfer applicant have a minimum number of credits completed or else must apply as an entering freshman?YesNo

If yes, what is the minimum number of credits and the unit of measure?

D5. Indicate all items required of transfer students to apply for admission:

	Required of all	Recommended for all	Recommended for some	Required for some	Not required
High school transcript
College transcript(s)
Essay or personal statement
Interview
Standardized test scores
Statement of good standing from prior institution(s)

D6. If a minimum high school grade point average is required of transfer applicants, specify (on a 4.0 scale):

D7. If a minimum college grade point average is required of transfer applicants, specify (on a 4.0 scale): 2.5

D8. List any other application requirements specific to transfer applicants:

D9. List application priority, closing, notification, and candidate reply dates for transfer students. If applications are reviewed on a continuous or rolling basis, place a check mark in the "Rolling admission" column.

	Priority date	Closing date	Notification date	Reply date	Rolling admission
Fall
Winter
Spring
Summer

D10. Does an open admission policy, if reported, apply to transfer students?YesNo

D11. Describe additional requirements for transfer admission, if applicable:

Transfer Credit Policies

D12. Report the lowest grade earned for any course that may be transferred for credit: C

D13. Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a two-year institution: 70

unit type: Semester hours

D14. Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a four-year institution: 96

unit type: Semester hours

D15. Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn an associate's degree:________

D16. Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn a bachelor's degree: 32

D17. Describe other transfer credit policies:

E. ACADEMIC OFFERINGS AND POLICIES

E1. Special study options: Identify those programs available at your institution.

	Accelerated program			Honors program
	Cooperative education program			Independent study
	Cross-registration			Internships
	Distance learning			Liberal arts/career combination
	Double major			Student-designed major
	Dual enrollment			Study abroad
	English as a Second Language			Teacher certification program
	Exchange student program (domestic)			Weekend college
	External degree program
	Other (specify): Academically-based Service-learning

E2. Has been removed from the CDS.

E3. Areas in which all or most students are required to complete some course work prior to graduation.

	Arts/fine arts		Humanities
	Computer literacy		Mathematics
	English (including composition)		Philosophy
	Foreign languages		Sciences (biological or physical)
	History		Social science

Other (describe):

Religion, Physical Education, Communication, Cross-Cultural Study

Library Collections The CDS Publishers will collect library data again when a new Academic Libraries Survey is in place.

F. STUDENT LIFE

F1. Percentages of first-time, first-year (freshman) students and all degree-seeking undergraduates enrolled in fall 2007 who fit the following categories

	First-time, first-year (freshman) students	Undergraduates
Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresident aliens from the numerator and denominator)	48%	44%
Percent of men who join fraternities	na	na
Percent of women who join sororities	na	na
Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing	96%	59%
Percent who live off campus or commute	4%	41%
Percent of students age 25 and older	0.1%	1.1%
Average age of full-time students	18	20
Average age of all students (full- and part-time)	18	20

F2. Activities offered Identify those programs available at your institution.

Campus Ministries	Literary magazine	Radio station
Choral groups	Marching band	Student government
Concert band	Model UN	Student newspaper
Dance	Music ensembles	Student-run film society
Drama/theater	Musical theater	Symphony orchestra
International Student Organization	Opera	Television station
Jazz band	Pep band	Yearbook

F3. ROTC (program offered in cooperation with Reserve Officers' Training Corps)

Army ROTC is offered:

On campus
At cooperating institution (name):

Naval ROTC is offered

On campus
At cooperating institution (name):

Air Force ROTC is offered

On campus
At cooperating institution (name):

F4. Housing: Check all types of college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing available for undergraduates at your institution.

	Coed dorms		Special housing for disabled students
	Men's dorms		Special housing for international students
	Women's dorms		Fraternity/sorority housing
	Apartments for married students		Cooperative housing
	Apartments for single students
	Other housing options (specify): Project Neighborhood Houses

G. ANNUAL EXPENSES

Provide 2008-2009 academic year costs for the following categories that are applicable to your institution.

Check here if your institution's 2008-2009 academic year costs are not available at this time and provide an approximate date (i.e., month/day) when your institution's final 2008-2009 academic year costs will be available: _ __

G1. Undergraduate full-time tuition, required fees, room and board

List the typical tuition, required fees, and room and board for a full-time undergraduate student for the FULL 2008-09 academic year (30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours for institutions that derive annual tuition by multiplying credit hour cost by number of credits). A full academic year refers to the period of time generally extending from September to June; usually equated to two semesters or trimesters, three quarters, or the period covered by a four-one-four plan. Room and board is defined as double occupancy and 19 meals per week or the maximum meal plan. Required fees include only charges that all full-time students must pay that are not included in tuition (e.g., registration, health, or activity fees.) Do not include optional fees (e.g., parking, laboratory use).

	First-year	Undergraduates
Private Institutions:	$22,940	$22,940
Public Institutions In-district:
In-state (out-of-district):
Out-of-state:
Nonresident Aliens:	$22,940	$22,940
Required Fees:	$225	$225
Room and Board: (on-campus)	$7,970	$7,970
Room Only: (on-campus)
Board Only: (on-campus meal plan)

Comprehensive tuition/room/board fee (if your college cannot provide separate tuition/room/board/fees):

Other:

G2. Number of credits per term a student can take for the stated full-time tuition: __12__ minimum __17__ maximum

G3. Do tuition and fees vary by year of study (e.g., sophomore, junior, senior)? No

G4. If tuition and fees vary by undergraduate instructional program, describe briefly: Clinical years of the Nursing Program are different.

G5. Provide the estimated expenses for a typical full-time undergraduate student:

	Residents	Commuters (living at home)	Commuters (not living at home)
Books and supplies:	$860	$860	$860
Room only:		$0	$4340
Board only:		$2,620	$2,620
Room and board total  (if your college cannot provide separate room and board figures for commuters not living at home):	$7970
Transportation:	$845	$2,305	$1385
Other expenses:	$1,070	$1,070	$1,070

G6. Undergraduate per-credit-hour charges (tuition only):

Private Institutions:	$550
Public Institutions: In-district:
In-state (out-of-district):
Out-of-state:
Nonresident Aliens:

H. FINANCIAL AID 

H1. Enter total dollar amounts awarded to enrolled full-time and less than full-time degree-seeking undergraduates (using the same cohort reported in CDS Question B1, "total degree-seeking" undergraduates) in the following categories. (Note: If the data being reported are final figures for the 2006-2007 academic year (see the next item below), use the 2006-2007 academic year's CDS Question B1 cohort.) Include aid awarded to international students (i.e., those not qualifying for federal aid). Aid that is non-need-based but that was used to meet need should be reported in the need-based aid column. (For a suggested order of precedence in assigning categories of aid to cover need, see the entry for "non-need-based scholarship or grant aid" on the last page of the definitions section.)

Indicate the academic year for which data are reported for items H1, H2, H2A, and H6 below:
2007-2008 estmated _X _ 
2006-2007 final ___

Which needs-analysis methodology does your institution use in awarding institutional aid? (Formerly H3)
___ Federal methodology (FM)
___ Institutional methodology (IM)
_X_ Both FM and IM

	Need-based (Include non-need-based aid use to meet need.)	Non-need-based (Exclude non-need-based aid use to meet need.)
	$	$
Scholarships/Grants
Federal	$2,806,000	$27,000
State (i.e., all states, not only the state in which your institution is located)	$2,824,000	$417,000
Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below)	$17,233,000	$7,490,000
Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g., Kiwanis, NMSQT) not awarded by the college	$810,000	$616,000
Total Scholarships/Grants	$23,673,000	$8,550,000
Self-Help
Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)	$14,277,000	$7,278,000
Federal Work Study	$1,766,000	.
State and other work study/employment (Note: Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)	$164,000	$1,185,000
Total Self-Help	$16,207,000	$8,463,000
Parent Loans	$351,000	$779,000
Tuition waivers Note: Reporting is optional. Report tuition waivers in this row if you choose to report them. Do not report tuition waivers elsewhere.	$1,096,000	$1,167,000
Athletic awards	0	0

H2. Number of Enrolled Students Awarded Aid List the number of degree-seeking full-time and less-than-full-time undergraduates who applied for and were awarded financial aid from any source. Aid that is non-need-based but that was used to meet need should be counted as need-based aid. Numbers should reflect the cohort receiving the dollars reported in H1.

Note: In the chart below, students may be counted in more than one row, and full-time freshmen should also be counted as full-time undergraduates.

	First-time Full-time Freshmen	Full-time Undergrad (incl. fresh)	Less than Full-time undergrad
a) Number of degree-seeking undergraduate students (CDS Item B1 if reporting on Fall 2007 cohort)	1,037	4,011	67
b) Number of students in line a who applied for need-based financial aid	867	3,059	36
c) Number of students in line b who were determined to have financial need	642	2,434	32
d) Number of students in line c who were awarded any financial aid	642	2,431	31
e) Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based scholarship or grant aid	642	2,419	30
f) Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based self-help aid	567	2,217	27
g) Number of students in line d who were awarded any non-need-based scholarship or grant aid	222	622	0
h) Number of students in line d whose need was fully met (exclude PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans).	230	710	0
i) On average, the percentage of need that was met of students who received any need-based aid.Exclude any aid that was awarded in excess of need as well as any resources that were awarded to replace EFC (PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans)	87%	82%	37%
j) The average financial aid package of those in line d. Exclude any resources that were awarded to replace EFC (PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans).	$17,500	$16,200	$7,900
k) Average need-based scholarship or grant award of those in line e	$10,500	$9,400	$4,400
l) Average need-based self-help award (excluding PLUS loans and private alternative loans) of those in line f	$5,400	$5,700	$4,100
m) Average need-based loan (excluding PLUS loans and private alternative loans) of those in line f who were awarded a need-based loan	$4,900	$6,700	$3,700

H2A. Number of Enrolled Students Awarded Non-need-based Scholarships and Grants: List the number of degree-seeking full-time and less-than-full-time undergraduates who had no financial need and who were awarded institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid. Numbers should reflect the cohort awarded the dollars reported in H1. Note: In the chart below, students may be counted in more than one row, and full-time freshmen should also be counted as full-time undergraduates.

	First-time Full-time Freshmen	Full-time Undergrad (incl. fresh)	Less than Full-time undergrad
n) Number of students in line a who had no financial need who were awarded institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid (exclude those who were awarded athletic awards and tuition benefits)	351	1,238	20
o) Average dollar amount of institutional non-need-based scholarship and grant aid awarded to students in line n	$4,100	$4,100	$850
p) Number of students in line a who were awarded an institutional non-need-based athletic scholarship or grant	0	0	0
q) Average dollar amount of institutional non-need-based athletic scholarships and grants awarded