Demographics
*% Catholic
*Father's education
*Mother's education
*High school GPA
*Permanent home 500 miles or more from college

Behaviors in Past Year % who... 
*Drank beer
*Overslept and missed class or appointment
*Frequently smoked cigarettes
*Frequently used a personal computer
*Studied 2 hours or less per week
*Partied 11 hours or more per week

College Choice - General
*% citing factor as very important in deciding to attend college
  *To gain a general education and appreciation of ideas 
  *Wanted to get away from home
  *To prepare myself for graduate or professional school
*% applying to 4 or more colleges

College Choice - Specific
*% citing factor as very important in deciding to attend this college (i.e., Spring Hill)
  *financial assistance
  *not offered aid by first choice
  *very good academic reputation
  *good social reputation
  *athletic department recruited me
*% citing Spring Hill (college attending) as first choice

Probable Major Field of Study
*Biology or health professional
*Business
*Education
*History or political science
*Psychology
*Undecided

Expectations
*% estimating chances very good that he/she will
  *Be satisfied with choice of college
  *Participate in volunteer/community service work
  *Transfer to another college before graduating
  *Seek personal counseling

Important Objectives
*% Listing Objective as Essential or Very Important:
  *Becoming involved in programs to clean up the environment
  *Developing a meaningful philosophy of life
  *Helping others who are in difficulty
  *Helping to promote racial understanding
  *Keeping up to date with political affairs
  *Being very well off financially

Social Attitudes and Values
*% Agreeing Strongly or Somewhat:
  *Activities of married women are best confined to home/family
  *Wealthy people should pay a larger share of taxes than they do now
*% Characterizing political views as conservative or far right

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Spring Hill College Freshman Class Profile, 1971 to 2001

The links to the left contain graphs come from data collected through the Cooperative Research Institute Program [CIRP].  This is a survey given every year through the auspices of the Higher Education Research Institute, Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, UCLA.  Spring Hill College has participated in this survey every year but one since 1971.  The tables compare Spring Hill freshmen to those of other participating colleges and universities.  Comparative data come from various issues of The American Freshman: National Norms for Fall ..., an annual publication by CIRP.

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