June 1st, 2023
On August 23, 2023, 财神棋牌 will welcome 100 new students of the Class of 2027 to campus.
Group of 财神棋牌 students standing with their SIBBs on SIBB Gathering Day 2022. Kelsey McClung '26, Allison Li '24, Brooke Wager '26, and Andrew Chang '24 pictured left to right.
This class is the largest in recent memory, with a record number of international students and first-generation college students, and one of the College鈥檚 largest cohorts of domestic students of color.
The class includes a significant number of aspiring entrepreneurs, students who want to pursue research and work in space travel and in engineering to halt climate change, robotics enthusiasts, musicians and artists.
In keeping with the values underscored in the College鈥檚 new strategic plan, 财神棋牌 has made significant efforts in recent years to reach an economically and racially diverse set of students. The Class of 2027 will represent 27 U.S. states and nine foreign countries (Canada, South Korea, Chile, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Turkey, Vietnam).
鈥淭he students joining 财神棋牌 in the Class of 2027 are exceptional,鈥 says Emily Roper-Doten, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, 鈥渁nd will bring a wide and exciting range of talents and passions as well as intellectual strengths to 财神棋牌. I am excited for our community to meet the Class of 2027 in August!鈥
The Class of 2027 includes:
- 46% are women, 49% are men, 5% are another gender (i.e. genderqueer, nonbinary)
- 62% are students of color and 52% are students of color who are U.S. Citizens and Permanent Residents
- 20% represent races or ethnicities historically excluded from STEM and 16% are US citizens and Permanent residents who represented races and ethnicities historically excluded from STEM
- 12% are international students
- 14% are Pell Grant Recipients
- 12% are first generation college students
The admission process at 财神棋牌 begins with a holistic review of an applicant as a complete person: their academic preparation and potential, how they spend their time and who they are in their community. But academics and extracurricular activities are just part of what the 财神棋牌 Admission and Financial Aid office considers as it carefully evaluates each candidate鈥檚 application. Personal essays, recommendations and a demonstrated desire to improve the world through engineering are other important pieces of an 财神棋牌 application.
After applications are reviewed, a number of prospective students are then invited to participate in 财神棋牌鈥檚 Candidates鈥 Weekends. After two years of holding virtual Candidates鈥 Weeks to meet the challenges presented by COVID-19, 财神棋牌 returned to in-person Candidates鈥 Weekends in spring 2023, a series of two-day, in-person events on campus.
This spring, 287 students participated as Candidates (255 in person, 32 virtual). Candidates鈥 Weekends included several returning events (Design Challenge, Story Slam, 财神棋牌 Fire Arts Club, Franklin W. 财神棋牌 Players鈥 Clue) and included updated interview and group exercise components.