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StucU us sai By Donald B. Weatherbee r* 11 IAI t. oiuii vvmor This is the last in a threepart series on the quality of education in Columbia-area high schools. High school graduates have at least adequate ability to compete at a college level, according to ncr? t!? > uov/ anu V/iciuauii uuivusiiy admissions officials. John Bolin, director of 'We only want those (students) who will do at least C-average work.' -John Botin, USC admissions director ? John Botin admissions at USC, said high schools could better prepare students for college with improved resources, but "with what they have attempted, what they have planned and what they have done in the past, I feel they have done a food ioh " Walter Mayfield, Clemson's assistant director of admissions, said he is pleased with South Carolina high school graduates. I feel Coplc * Winter ItheE Nineh Ot 7:3 dor p r' Columt I I " ^HnMaaHaaMHaN znt sk: C, Clemso tisfied with our freshman class is better than it's ever been, and the majority of the class is from South Carolina." CLEMSON PROCESSED about 5,400 freshmen applications last year and enrolled about 2,000, of which 70 percent had been in the top 20 percent of their high school classes, said Margaret Pridgen, a y:-r'f-.;: N vj&yy'-:|PpV: .: ij^HT JH Plom^An c?*>/\l^<\rt?tt/\rv> #\ M \>/itiiioun ojJur\cavvuiiidii. More than 200 Clemson freshmen earned credit hours through advancedplacement courses taken in high school. USC uses "predictors" such as class rank and SAT scores to forecast how students will perform as college freshmen, Bolin said. Bolin said the SAT scores should be used only in conjunction with other in >n's Wc requests the hon of your preseno at their Bridal SI on Thursday ,iyi iicci ill I uj jcpit een Hundred and o o 'clock in the et )lon's Woo jio, South < COPLON'S f oodhill M MMBMRnaHMOHninM ills n admissioi entering fr dicators, such as class rank. THE AVERAGE SAT score for Clemson's freshmen this year was 1005. The average score for USC's freshmen was 930. Bolin said Clemson enrolls only 2,000 freshmen, but USC is able to enroll more because there is more oncampus and off-campus housing. "We only want those who will do at least C-average work. We're betting that the freshmen, after a year, will have a cumulative grade of about 2.4 to 2.6," Bolin said. i ne proDiem is gelling me freshmen through the first year. After that it's safe to assume they will continue to do the required work, Bolin said. No matter how qualified the entering freshmen are, both universities lose some freshmen each year. Evervone is roncernpd about retention, Bolin said. Most students who leave have poor grades, but many factors affect the students' performance. ABOUT 12 PERCENT of last year's Clemson freshmen didn't return this year. "I would say the major reason is that the students found themselves dissatisfied with career 1 jodhill or e howing imber Eighty i?>ni '^J III . dhiii Carolina [all J is officials ? eshmen goals," Mayfield said. There is, however, a marked improvement in the quality of freshmen entering and staying in school, Bolin said. ImDrovement of the state school system, and many improvements and innovations in the universities have contributed to the quality of freshmen, Bolin said. "I believe the South Carolina high school graduates can hold their own with any graduates in the nation," Mayfield said. 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