Admissions Update Summary

Admissions Update Survey
For Fall 2000
(Undergraduate Students Accepted to UNT but Did Not enroll F00)

Report UP510-0501A

Summary

The Admissions Update Survey was sent to those students who had applied for admissions in Fall 2000 and were admitted but who chose not to enroll at the University of North Texas. The survey served two purposes. First, the survey offered the potential student the opportunity to update their admissions status. Second, the survey allowed the individual to provide their impression with the University of North Texas. The Admissions Update Survey is a relatively short survey. It consist of five questions and a comments section. Many students used the comments section to indicate why they had elected not to attend UNT in the Fall 2000 and to express their overall impressions of the University of North Texas.

Returns: There were 3748 surveys sent to students who had been accepted and chose not to register at the University of North Texas. There were 984 of these surveys returned. This is a 26% response rate. This group will be known as the "accepted" group. There were 1629 surveys sent to potential students who had started the admissions process and did not complete the admissions process. There were 267 of these surveys returned. This is a 16% response rate. This group will be known as the "not complete" group.

Update of Application: Five hundred ninety-three of the accepted applicants asked that their application be update. There were 391 accepted respondents who responded to the survey but did not request that there application be updated. One hundred eighty-seven of the not complete applicants asked that their application be updated. This left 80 of the not complete applicants who responded to the survey but did not wish for their application to be updated to a future semester.

Currently enrolled at another college or university: Of the accepted group, 257 of the survey respondents were not attending a college or university at the time that they received this survey. Two hundred ninety-five of the accepted respondents were attending a community/junior college. This would indicate that 30% of the applicants who had been accepted but chose not to enroll had decided to attend a community/junior college. On the other hand, 432 of the accepted respondents had chose to attend a senior college or university. This would indicate that 44% of the applicants who had been accepted but chose not to enroll had decided to attend a senior college or university.

Of the not complete group, 86 of the survey respondents were not attending a college or university at the time that they received this survey. One hundred seventeen of the not complete respondents were attending a community/junior college. This would indicate that 44% of the applicants who did not complete the application process had decided to attend a community/junior college. On the other hand, 74 of the not complete respondents had chose to attend a senior college or university. This would indicate that 28% of the applicants who had not finished the admissions process had decided to attend a senior college or university.

Names of institution enrolled: The top ten colleges or universities that had been chosen by these respondents is as follows.

Accepted

Four-year

1. Texas Tech

5. University of Texas Arlington

6. Southwest Texas State University

7. Texas A&M

10. University of Houston

Two-year

2.Tarrant County College

3.Brookhaven College

4.Collin County College

8.Richland College

9.North Central Texas College

Not Complete

Four-year

3. Texas Tech

9. University of Texas Arlington

Two-year

1.Tarrant County College

2.Collin County College

4.North Central Texas College

5.Austin Community College

6.Brookhaven College

7.Richland College

8.Eastfield

10.Weatherford College

Enrollment Hours: For both groups the average number of hours attended was 12 hours.

Length of Stay: For the accepted group, 133 of 612 respondents said that they did intend to stay at their current school of choice for more that one year. For the not complete group, 37 of 172 respondents said that they did intend to stay at their current school of choice for more that one year

Scholarship offer: For the accepted group, 288 of the 984 respondents said they had been offered a scholarship by their current school of choice. Two hundred-four said this was the reason they had chose that particular school. Of this 204, 89 said UNT had offered them a scholarship. Fifty-six out of 267 of the not complete group said that they had been offered a scholarship by their school of choice. Thirty-eight said this was the reason that they had chosen that particular school. Of these 38, 10 said UNT had offered them a scholarship.

Plans to Attend UNT: Of the accepted group, 147 planned to attend UNT as a undergraduate and 138 planned to attend as a graduate student. Of the not complete group, 44 planned to attend UNT as a undergraduate and 29 planned to attend UNT as a graduate student

Comments: Many of these survey respondents (787) took the opportunity to provide additional information by adding comments to their survey. These comments have been categorized and summarized.