Undergraduate
Newly Admitted Student Survey 2005
This
survey was conducted in Spring 2005 at the request of the Office
of Admission, Student Financial Services, and the Office of Orientation
and New Student Programs. All 3,508 newly admitted students, both
first-time, first-year and transfers, were surveyed. 2,533 of first-time,
first-year students responded for a response rate of 84%, and 336
of transfer students reponded for a response rate of 67%. The survey
asked questions about the admission process, communications with
the Admissions and Student Financial Services Offices, and students'
expectations for summer orientation.
Data
Reports
Questionnaire (MS Word doc)
Methodology
Data
(Stored in IAS Data
Catalog)
Admissions
and Financial Aid Sections
Summary Tables - By 200% poverty level (first-time, first-year) (.pdf
file)
Frequencies
Overall (first-time, first-year)
By 200% poverty level
By
Echols/Rodman scholarship
By
in-state engineers
By
ethnicity
By
domicile
By
gender
By
international students
By
school
By
application type (first-time, first-year v. transfer)
Admissions and Financial
Aid Text Comments - All Respondents
Admissions Text Comments (MS Word)
List
of Other Schools to Which Students Were Accepted (MS Word)
List
of Other Schools to Which Students Were Not Accepted (MS
Word)
List
of Other Schools to Which Students Were Wait Listed (MS Word)
Financial
Aid Text Comments (MS Word)
Orientation
Section
Summary
tables (.pdf file) - By application type (first-time, first-year
v. transfer)
Frequencies
- All respondents
Text
Comments - All respondents (MS Word)
Other
Data
Final
Text Comments - All respondents (MS
Word)
Other
Responses - All respondents (MS Word)
Reports
(Stored in IAS Reports)
Complete
Report
Introduction
Summary
of Findings
Summary
of High-Need Text Comments
All
High-Need Text Comments
Methodology
Questionnaire
Methodology
The survey population was all 3,508 individuals
who accepted University of Virginia’s offer of admission at
the undergraduate level for the 2005-06 academic year.
On May 4, 2005, all respondents were sent personalized
letters signed by the Dean of Admission, Jack Blackburn. The letter
informed them of the importance and general purposes of the survey,
assured them of confidentiality, and invited them to participate.
The survey was conducted entirely over the web. Respondents were
tracked via an alphanumeric randomized respondent key, and subsequent
correspondence was conducted in two batches, the first comprised
entirely of first-time, first-year students and the second comprised
of both first-time, first-year students and transfer students. Three
email reminders were sent on May 11, 18, and 26, 2005, to the first
batch and June 2, 9, and 16, 2005, to the second batch. Three lotteries
were conducted as incentives for respondents. A total of 70 prizes
were awarded: ten $100 gift certificates, twenty $50 gift certificates,
and forty $25 gift certificates to the University of Virginia Bookstore.
When the field period ended on June 20, 2005, a
total of 2,533 first-time first-year students and 336 transfer students
had responded to this survey, reflecting response rates of 84% and
67%, respectively. At a 95% confidence level, the overall sampling
error for the survey was ± 0.8%.
Questions regarding the administration of the survey,
the questionnaire, or the results can be directed to Jonathan Schnyer,
Assistant Director and Assessment Coordinator, Office of Institutional
Assessment and Studies, P.O. Box 400427, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4727
(telephone: 434/924-3417 or schnyer@virginia.edu
).
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