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Class Profile & Statistics

What kind of student attends Gettysburg? Detailed information about the students who enrolled in fall 2007 is provided below. The class profile includes their class rank, average test scores, acceptance rate, geographic distribution, and other information.

The Class of 2011

Applications for Admission

Number of applications 6,126
Total accepted for admission 2,180
Acceptance rate 35%
Total class size 695
(308 male; 387 female)
Enrolled Early Decision applicants 306
Percent of the Class who are Early Decision 44%
Yield (class size divided by total accepted) 31.8%

High School Class Rank

Top tenth 66%
Top quarter 89%
Top half 100%
Bottom half 0%

SAT Distribution (based on 1600 top score)


Verbal Math Total
Mean 648 647 1295




Range Verbal Math
700-800 19% 10%  
600-699 63% 65%  
500-599 18% 25%  
400-499 0% 0%  
Below 400 0% 0%  

Geographic Distribution

Members of the Class of 2011 come from 32 states and 18 foreign countries, including Bulgaria, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Kenya, Korea, Lithuania, Malawi, Nepal, Palestine, Phillipines, Switzerland, Ukraine, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe.

Pennsylvania's Professor of the Year 



John Commito, Professor of Envrionmental Studies and Biology at Gettysburg, was recently named the 2007 Pennsylvania Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the National Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Commito has been teaching at Gettysburg since 1993 and teaches a variety of field-oriented courses in ecology, marine ecology, and environmental issues.

 
 
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