THE MICHIGAN DAILY SHMEN ADMISSIONS: aroesbeek Evaluates poi cles Just. Barging In R'S NOTE: This is the t of a two part series on admission.) LICHAEL OLINICK e of the best backgroundj ences for this job is actu- work," Assistant Director of sions Byron Groesbeck said day. ,. appraising the 11,000 fresh-I ipplications that will flood office this year, Groesbeck ied that the Admissionsj is often "saved by statis- Because the applicants areI rrkably predictable" as a , the admission officer needsj to evaluate the individual it. "He need not concern If about admitting more1 han girls, more philosophers spanish majors," Groesbeck e have about the same per- ge breakdown of sex, schools aajors every year. When we ish a level of achievement imission and admit students is basis only, we don't have! ry about overstocking Mark- id leaving one of the -quad- n half-empty." Need General Policy processing of applications es a broad, general policy ucational qualifications as s the specific administrative rs which may vary year to the admissions officer said. ie direction the admission es will go depends on a series her developments within the rsity," Director of Admis- Clyde Vroman said. "The ion of our place in higher tion will have to be answer- ret. This in turn depends} the needs of society." ressures of freshmen ad- )n applications are being met ee ways, Prof. Vroman said, naistive and alert adminis- tration, capable faculty members, and an admissions staff I feel is second to none." Focus on Record' In handling a student's appli- cation to become a University freshman, representatives of the admissions office focus their at- tention first on the high school academic record. "We look at the grades earned," Groesbeck ex- plained. This achievement record is view- as a straight grade point average, but also as a comparative ranking within the student's own high school class. The stress on rank in graduating class is born out by 'the fact that 54 per cent of the entering freshman class this fall were in the upper tenth of their high school classes. Pour of five students in the class of '64 were in the top fiftp. An examination of the distribu- tion. of high school ranks of last year's freshmen, however, shows that nearly 200 students graduated in the lower 60 per cent of their classes. "These students are not star athletes who sneaked around the regular requirements. Most of them are graduates of crack private schools where the middle third of the class is ofte at the same level as the top quarter of a normal public high scho," Groesbeck said. Exam Troubles Similarly, a distribution of scores on theCollege Board Scholastic Aptitude Test-now required for enrollment shows that three per cent of the freshman scored below 400 on the verbal segment, while two per cent made a parallel figure in the mathematical section. "These scores represent students who have trouble taking this type of exam and students who ranked at the top of a less than best high school." The admisions office generally considers a "B" high school aver- age -as a minimum for admission to the University. "Anything lower is usually considered inadequate backgroup for success here," Groesbeck said. Special Demands Each applicant is considered first in relation to his chosen field of studies and the demands which such studies will make upon1 him. "In certain areas, such as music, special kinds of prepara- tion become imperative." In addition to the high school record and counselor's recomen- dation, a whole series of admission policies help or hinder the pros- pective University student. DIAL NO 5-6290 ENDS TONIGHT SONG fE:;:. All qualified Michigan residents1 who submit their applications on time and who appear prepared for academic success are admitted, up to the limit of the University's facilities. "Our priority is to the students in the state," Vroman said. Out of state students compose one third of each freshman class and about half of the applicants. The 1,000 or so. non-Michigan residents who admitted face "con- siderable competition" from the 4,000 others who seek entrance. Many out-of-state- applicants receive an additional boost because they are closely related to an University alumnus. "We evaluate these students on the same criteria as the Michigan high school senior," Groesbeck said. "No Carte Blanche" "It is not .a carte blanche for admission. 'Close' relatives does not extend beyond parents, grand- parents, siblings, husbands or wives. Each student must meet the level expected of all freshman," he added. University freshmen are expect- ed to be at least 16 years old, Groesbeck said, and they must be graduates of an accredited high school. "We have never experi- mented with plans where a high school student skips his senior year and enters college after pass- ing the 11th grade. We have found that younger students have prob- lems adjusting socially and emo- tionally. As the requirement now stands, we only have one or two freshmen who aren't at least 17." Course Requirements In the area of specific course requirements, the nine schools and colleges that admit freshmen ("Students are not admitted to the University itself, but to a specific school within it") require three years of high school English.: Individual schools have varying standards as to the number of major and minor sequences and science and mathematics, but each insists on 15 units as a minimum. Quad Houses: Set Dinners Hot Panel's All the houses of South Quad- rangle in conjunction with Inter- national Week are planning a so- cial and educational function with international students, this week. Huber House members invited students from Kenya, Korea, Pak- istan and Norway to have dinner with them last night and then held a panel discussion on "Amer- ican Prestige.", Students from 14 nations paired up with Kelsey House students for dinner and a general short dis- cussion period. The students were from Thailand, Indonesia, Paki- stan, Greece, Latvia, Africa, Phil- ippines, Russia, Korea, Lithuania, Turkey, Venezuela, Israel and In- dia. Van Tyne House has invited three Indian students to dinner on Friday. They will also stage a panel discussion on American Prestige. Gomberg House has decided to concentrate. on the international students living in the khouse and they will dine with them on sev- eral occasions. The other five houses in South Quad have planned similar social LABORATORY PLAYBILL TODAY 4:10 P.M. Department of S THE MAIDS by GENET Trueblood Auditorium, Frieze Bldg. No Admission Charge gTA ENDS SATURDAY DIAL 2-6264 A NEW TRUE-UMF ADVENTURE FEATUE - i 1#' " DI iE .,-en- BING and WALT tell the fabulous tale of the Headiess Horseman! la 11CROSBY TECHNICOLOR * ,1nd g A!-Cartoon Entertainment w STARTS SUNDAY "SUNRISE AT CAMPOBELLO' -Daily-Larry Vanice PUGILISTS-This floating boxing ring, a hobby horse, and a. Punch and Judy slapstick scene will all be on view tonight, Friday and Saturday evenings at the Varsity Pool. The concept that integrates these divergent objects into a total watery community is the speech department's production of Aris- tophanes' succinctly titled satire, "The Frogs." The fifth century B.C. Greecian drama will be enlivened by allusions to modern events around campus and on the political scene. It starts at 8:30 p.m. functions. LEAGUE PLAN- International Students Visit Residences The flavor of International Week surrounds the dinner tables of both sororities and independ- ent houses this week as the resi- dent women act as hostesses for their international sisters. "This was the first time I'd seen a sorority," Giancarla Ver-j atti, '61L, commented after her visit to the Alpha Gamma Delta 8:00 TONIGHT SEE Varsity Swimmers, Divers, Michifish and Michifins, Dance Dept. Choreography Workshop, Dept. of Speech U. Players in A ARISTOPHAN ES' SPLASH I NG FARCE THE .FROGS, an te amount of time you are pendin g reading this paper ou could goand buy your tickets for the MIKADO SON SALE Q TODAY at the Adm. Building } t~Nextwek at ' ... ' ydiad'Mendelssohn box office The Gilbert and Sullivan Society -9 c-o->< >--><-o > <-o DIAL NO 1-6416 ome Bac AFRICA :RIDAY AND SATURDAY fim" The University also operates a house Tuesday night. program of advanced placement Twenty-six women's houses on credit for college level courses camus have adopted foreign stu- taken in high school. "The num- dents under the international Sis- ber of students who have received ter Program sponsored by the credit for such work has been Women's League. Last spring the doubling every year since we League worked through Panhel started the program," Groesbeck and Assembly to recruit "interna- said. tional" representatives for each Administrative Dean Robert Wil-house. The units were then asked liamns summed up one of the ad- if they wanted to adopt a"s- missions officer's problems. "He ter" and if they preferred a wom- gets no credit from anyone. If he an from any particular country. rejects a student his father calls VARSITY SWIMMING POOL Corner Hoover & Stdte $1.25 Tickets 10-5 Mendelssohn Theatre 6-8 Varsity Pool QF SEX, SIN, SEDUCTION AND SORCERY!, - "* N-PAUL SARTRE'S adaptation of ARTHUR MILLER'S MONE SIGNORET-WES MONTAND MYLENE DEMONGEOT J, GJ~i~w a o~uu - , - . av him a 'dumb cluck' of the Univer-I sity. If he accepts the boy, it was something his family and school naturally expected." Groesbeck stressed his pride in the independence from personal; control the admissions office has. "We can do what we thing is right. There is no pressure to conform to the theory that we should stack the University with academically unqualified athletes or close rela-' itves of influential persons." Playbill To Bring 'The Maids' Here The third laboratory playbill, "The Maids" will be presented at 4:10 p.m. today in Trueblood Aud.I "The Maids," by the contem- porary French writer, Jean Genet, is a study of the love, hate and jealousy between two maiden sis- ters and their employer. HAY RIDES PIZZAS RIDES I Riding Daily SUSTERKA LAKE RIDING STABLE 50665 Huron River Dr. Bellevelle, HUnter 3-5010 More Joining "More are joining the program all the time," Betty Brandt. '62, I chairman of the International committee said. "Since this week is International Week we've en- couraged the houses to invite over their "sisters" and her friends. Miss Veratti, studying under a Ford Foundation fellowship, has only been in this country since September. A native of Milan, Italy, she noted that, "I am the only Italian student on the Uni- versity campus, and most of the Americans I meet are in my classes." Her visit. to Alpha Gam- ma Delta was the first social con- tact she has had with a non-for- eign group. International Representative Lore'tta Kulczak, '63, is the in- ternational representative at the sorority. "We all enjoyed having Giancarla with us, and I know that many of us will get together with her for coffee dates," she said. "She is welcome to come to the house at any time and we hope that she will work on Spring Weekend with us." "We hope that through this plan the internationalhstudent will see how the women live on cam- pus and will build up a friendship with a particular group," Miss Brandt noted, "through sharing both fun and problems we can come closer to the foreign stu- dent." I It -I FILM OF THE MONTH AND N.Y. CRITICS AWARD E DON'T MISS IT! j FRIDAY DORIS DAY REX HARRISON JOHN GAVIN in "MIDNIGHT LACE" 11 I ' I ANN ARBOR CIVIC THEATRE 5 { presents JOHN VAN DRUTEN'S HILARIOUS COMEDY! A directed by BILL TAYLOR TONIGHT. 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