A new survey of new students at two-year and four-year colleges — of students who participate in Cappex.com, a service that helps colleges identify prospective students — found notable demographic differences in what students said that they wanted in a college. Among the differences:
- Female students with high SAT and ACT scores said that they focused on colleges with strong academic records.
- Male students with lower SAT scores ranked “appealing campus traditions” and big-time athletics as key to their choices.
- Minority students — but not white students — said that they gained key information from college fairs and emails from admissions offices.
- Southern students, more than those elsewhere, cared about colleges having “appealing” traditions.
The survey was conducted by Lipman Hearne and Cappex.
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2014/08/18/what-students-were-looking
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