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Meet the Honors Students
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How Honors Scholars Stack Up Academically
| 600 Honors Scholars Fall 2006 | 135 Freshmen enrolled in Fall of 2006 |
| Average combined SAT score of over 1300 | 70% ranked in top 10% of their high school class |
| 45% with a GPA over 3.5 | Over 65% live in the residence halls |
| 25% women | 13% are enrolled in accelerated pre-med/pre-dental programs |
| 11% from out of state, 3% international |
Honors College Growth
The following states are represented by Honors College students, as well as a dozen foreign countries:
| California | Massachusetts |
| Connecticut | Nevada |
| Delaware | New Jersey |
| Florida | New York |
| Illinois | Pennsylvania |
| Indiana | Texas |
| Kansas | Virginia |
| Louisiana | West Virginia |
| Maryland |
Honors College Alumni
- Average GPA: 3.6
- 900 Honors Alumni (since the Honors program began in Fall of 1985)
Many Honors Alumni have continued their studies at some of the country's finest graduate and professional schools, including:
| Carnegie Mellon | MIT | Stanford University |
| Columbia | NJIT | U.C. Berkeley |
| Cornell | Ohio State University | UMDNJ/Medical & Dental Schools |
| Georgia Tech | Penn State | University of Pennsylvania |
| Johns Hopkins | Rutgers Law School | |
| Harvard | Seton Hall Law School |
Many Honors Alumni have obtained important positions at major firms and corporations, including:
| AlliedSignal | Nabisco |
| AT&T | Oracle |
| BASF | Microsoft |
| Bellcore | Prudential Life Insurance |
| ExxonMobil | Procter & Gamble |
| Hoffmann-LaRoche | PSE&G |
| IBM | Union Carbide |