Hoofbeat83 wrote:a nice reminder that tcu is still not on SMU's academic plane.
TCU being a superior education and a more elite academic school is not news. TCU has been ahead of SMU for the past 3 years in-a-row. TCU is now more selective than UT, and second in the state behind Rice.
The application rate to TCU for 2004-2005 was 8,059. That is an increase of 5.3% over 2003 and 31.3% over 2002.
TCU offered admission to 63.9% of applicants. In 2003 it was 64.9%. In 2002 it was 71.4%. That admission rate makes TCU as the second most selective university in the state, after Rice. It's a lower admission rate than SMU, Baylor, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, UH, and UNT.
The 2004 freshman class numbers approximately 1,620 (exact final number still to come), which is the largest freshman class in TCU history. It is not only the largest, but the most accomplished. The average SAT score was 1175. (In 2003 it was 1168. In 2002 it was 1134.) The average high school class rank of these freshmen was #20.