Incoming Freshmen Survey 2012

Development and Final ResponsesAugust 20, 2012

Procedure of Survey Administration

• An email invitation with Dr. Ridgeway’s/Dr. Hephner LaBanc’s message and signature was sent out 5-7 days prior to each orientation session for those new incoming students that had signed up for that specific orientation session.– The numbers were confirmed with Enrollment Services prior to

sending the invitations out for each orientation session.– Each invitation is tied to a unique link sent out to the students.– Included in the Qualtrics data is the UM Student ID

• A follow up reminder was sent out 1-2 days prior to the future students arriving on campus that had not completed the survey.

Response Rate by Orientation SessionSession Emails Sent* Completed

Started but Did Not Finish Survey Completion Rate

Honors 208 98 15 47%

Session 1 313 110 20 35%

Session 2 336 127 20 38%

Session 3 336 99 22 29%

Session 4 306 98 25 32%

Session 5 332 105 24 32%

Session 6 326 76 38 23%

Session 7 274 73 10 27%

Session 8 294 77 27 26%

Session 9 117 40 13 34%

Session 10 138 34 9 25%

Session 11 282 91 17 32%

Total** 3,220 1,003 240 31%

*Only includes students that were signed up for an orientation session 5-7 days prior.**Unduplicated.

Only includes survey responses for completed surveys.

2012 Responses

Yes

No

I do not know

I prefer not to answer

Total Responses

72%

17%

10%

1%

I have filed for federal financial aid at Ole Miss:

I am not sure

I am fairly sure

I am very sure

17%

38%

46%

How sure are you about your choice of academic major?

Yes

No

I am not sure/have not yet decided

57%

19%

25%

I plan to pledge a sorority or fraternity at Ole Miss.

Only includes survey responses for completed surveys.

While in high school, indicate how frequently you did the following things.

Only includes survey responses for completed surveys.

Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the following items.

Only includes survey responses for completed surveys.

Please indicate the grade you received or expect to receive for each type of math course while you were in grades 8-12. If you did not take a the specific course in grades 8-12 mark "Did Not Take".

A

C

F

Did Not Respond

38%22%

5%1%

1%32%

0%

TrigonometryA

C

F

Did Not Respond

63%30%

6%0%0%0%

Algebra I

A

C

F

Did Not Respond

54%34%

9%2%

1%

Algebra IIA

C

F

Did Not Respond

17%6%

2%0%0%

74%0%

College Algebra

A

C

F

Did Not Respond

37%23%

6%1%

0%32%

0%

Pre-CalculusA

C

F

Did Not Respond

21%11%

1%1%0%

66%0%

Calculus

Yes

No

86%

14%

Did you take math your senior year in high school?

Please indicate how important each of the following was in your decision to attend Ole Miss.

Significantly Easier

Somewhat Easier

About the Same

Somewhat More Difficult

Significantly More Difficult

1%

3%

8%

54%

34%

Relative to high school, I expect college-level academic work to be:

significantly better

somewhat better

About the Same

somewhat worse

significantly worse

16%

29%

47%

8%

0%

Relative to high school, I expect my GPA in college to be:

Only includes survey responses for completed surveys.