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CLASS of 2017 PROFILE SHEET 1906 College Heights Blvd. Bowling Green, KY 42101 • 270-745-2081 [email protected] • www.wku.edu/honors Student Demographics GENDER: Male Female ETHNICITY: Asian Black Hispanic White Not Reported Two-or-more Races RESIDENCY: In-State Out-of-State* International WKU RESIDENCY: Minton Hall Non-honors Hall Living Off Campus # % Membership by Academic College College of Education and Behavioral Sciences College of Health and Human Services Gordon Ford College of Business Ogden College of Science and Engineering Potter College of Arts and Letters University College TOP TEN PRODUCING PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOLS Apollo High School Bowling Green High School Central Hardin High School Greenwood High School Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Pulaski County High School Scott County High School South Warren High School Southwestern Pulaski County High School Warren Central High School TOP TEN PRODUCING PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOLS Assumption High School, Louisville, KY Bethlehem High School, Bardstown, KY Christian Academy of Louisvile Covington Catholic High School Homeschool Mercy Academy, Louisville, KY Presentation Academy, Louisville, KY Somerset Christian School Trinity Christian School, Lexington, KY Trinity High School, Louisville, KY THE SPIRIT of ENGAGED EXCELLENCE WKU is home to the only Honors College in the Commonwelth of Kentucky. Created in 2007, the Honors College at WKU provides an intimate, highly active learning environment where high-achieving students can develop the skills to prepare them for success in the nation’s top academic and career opportunities. 133 224 5 2 6 326 4 14 311 44 2 281 43 33 37% 63% 1% 1% 2% 91% 1% 4% 87% 13% <1% 78% 12% 10% *Other locations include: FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, MO, OH, OK, TN, TX, 26 51 27 131 95 27 # % 7% 11% 9% 34% 30% 9% 3.86 Average High School GPA 253 Full Tuition or Higher Academic Scholarships 6 National Merit Semi-Finalists 357 First Time, First Year Freshman 19 Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science Graduates (Ranked #1 high school in the nation by Newsweek) 29/1300 Average ACT/SAT Score 64 Kentucky Governor’s Scholars

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Class of 2017 Profile sheet

1906 College Heights Blvd. Bowling Green, KY 42101 • 270-745-2081 • [email protected] • www.wku.edu/honors

Student Demographics

Gender: Male Female

ethniCity: Asian Black Hispanic White Not Reported Two-or-more Races

residenCy: In-State Out-of-State* International

WKU residenCy: Minton Hall Non-honors Hall Living Off Campus

# %Membership by Academic College

College of Education and Behavioral SciencesCollege of Health and Human Services

Gordon Ford College of BusinessOgden College of Science and Engineering

Potter College of Arts and LettersUniversity College

toP ten ProdUCinG PUbliC hiGh sChools

Apollo High SchoolBowling Green High SchoolCentral Hardin High SchoolGreenwood High SchoolPaul Laurence Dunbar High School

Pulaski County High SchoolScott County High SchoolSouth Warren High SchoolSouthwestern Pulaski County High SchoolWarren Central High School

toP ten ProdUCinG Private hiGh sChools

Assumption High School, Louisville, KYBethlehem High School, Bardstown, KYChristian Academy of LouisvileCovington Catholic High SchoolHomeschool

Mercy Academy, Louisville, KYPresentation Academy, Louisville, KYSomerset Christian SchoolTrinity Christian School, Lexington, KYTrinity High School, Louisville, KY

the sPirit of enGaGed exCellenCe

WKU is home to the only Honors College in the Commonwelth of Kentucky. Created in 2007, the Honors College at WKU provides an intimate, highly active learning environment where high-achieving students can develop the skills to prepare them for success in

the nation’s top academic and career opportunities.

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*Other locations include: FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, MO, OH, OK, TN, TX,

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# %7%

11%9%

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3.86Average High School GPA

253Full Tuition or Higher Academic

Scholarships

6National Merit Semi-Finalists

357First Time, First Year Freshman

19Gatton Academy of Mathematics and

Science Graduates(Ranked #1 high school in the nation by

Newsweek)

29/1300Average ACT/SAT Score

64Kentucky Governor’s Scholars