SURVEY DEADLINE APRIL 14, 2008
!!!!!!!IMPORTANT: PLEASE READ BEFORE PROCEEDING!!!!!!!!

Please use Internet Explorer to complete the survey.

If you have any questions, please contact the researcher assigned to your school, Anthony Calabrese, at (202) 955-2042 or via e-mail.

0. Survey Contacts-Whom should we notify when the survey is available to be completed?
The contacts below receive all communication (URL for the survey, passwords, user names, etc.) from U.S. News regarding this survey for your institution for our online data collection for America's Best Colleges. Please review and update as necessary. Each contact must have a valid email address. If a contact is no longer valid, please delete it.

1. Name of college or university:

Washington and Lee University

2. Mailing address:

204 West Washington Street

3. City:

Lexington

4. State:

Virginia

5. Zip:

24450-2116

International Zip (If applicable):

6. Main phone:

(540) 458-8400

International Phone (If applicable):

7. Source of institutional control(CDS A2) Please CHECK the one best response:

	Public
>	Private
	Proprietary

8. In what year was your institution founded? 1749

9. Religious Affiliation (please specify, if no religious affiliation, leave blank)                                          

10. Which of the following best describes the campus setting of your institution? Please CHECK the one best response:

	Major city
	City
	Suburban
>	Rural

11. Academic Year Calendar (CDS A4)Which of the following best describes your institution's academic year calendar? Please CHECK the one best response:

	Semester
	Quarter
	Trimester
	4-1-4
	Continuous
>	Other(please describe)   4-4-2

12. Degrees Offered by your Institution (CDS A5): Which of the following degrees does your institution grant? Please CHECK all that apply:

x	Bachelor's
x	Master's
	Doctoral
	Certificate
	Diploma
	Associate
	Transfer Associate
	Terminal Associate
	Post-bachelor's certificate
	Post-master's certificate
x	First professional
	First professional certificate

13. President's name: President Kenneth P. Ruscio
14. Phone: (540) 458-8700
15. Fax: (540) 458-8945
16. Email:                                                    

17. Public Relations Contacts:

Name: Julie Campbell

Email: jcampbell@wlu.edu

Phone: (540) 458-8956

Name:                                                                                                      

Email:                                                                                                      
Phone:  

Respondent information. Who is completing this survey?
18. Name: Deborah Dailey
19. Title: Assistant Provost for Institutional Effectiveness

20. Telephone: (540) 458-8316 ext.        International Telephone (If applicable):                      
21. Fax: (540) 458-8397
22. E-mail: ddailey@wlu.edu

23. Director of Admissions: William M. Hartog III
24. Admissions office mailing address: 204 West Washington Street
25. City: Lexington
26. State: Virginia
27. Zip: 24450-2116

28. Admissions phone number:

(540) 463-8710

29. Admissions fax number: (540) 458-8062

30. Admissions E-mail address:

admissions@wlu.edu

31. WWW home page address:

http://www.wlu.edu

32. Is there a separate URL application site on the Internet? If so, please specify:

http://admissions.wlu.edu/web/page/normal/101.html

33. Do you accept electronic applications on a diskette?

	Yes
>	No

34. Do you accept electronic applications sent via E-mail?

	Yes
>	No

35. Do you accept electronic applications through the World Wide Web?

>	Yes
	No

If Fall 2001 cohort data are not available, provide data for Fall 2000 cohort. It's very important to U.S. News to receive the Fall 2001 cohort data. If your institution needs to wait until after the IPEDS Spring 2008 collection in order to supply the Fall 2001 cohort, please do so.

Fall 2000 cohort	Fall 2001 cohort
85 A. (CDS B4) Initial 2000 cohort of first-time, full-time, bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students	85 B. (CDS B4) Initial 2001 cohort of first-time, full-time, bachelor's (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students
86 A. (CDS B5) Of the initial 2000 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: deceased, permanently disabled, armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; Total allowable exclusions	86 B. (CDS B5) Of the initial 2001 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons: deceased, permanently disabled, armed forces, foreign aid service of the federal government, or official church missions; Total allowable exclusions
87 A. (CDS B6) Final 2000 cohort, after subtracting the number of students under allowable exclusions	87 B. (CDS B6) Final 2001 cohort, after subtracting the number of students under allowable exclusions
88 A. (CDS B7) Of the initial 2000 initial cohort, how many completed the program by Aug. 31, 2004	88 B. (CDS B7) Of the initial 2001 initial cohort, how many completed the program by Aug. 31, 2005
89 A. (CDS B8) Of the initial 2000 cohort, how many completed the program after Aug. 31, 2004 and by Aug. 31, 2005	89 B. (CDS B8) Of the initial 2001 cohort, how many completed the program after Aug. 31, 2005 and by Aug. 31, 2006
90 A. (CDS B9) Of the initial 2000 cohort, how many completed the program after Aug. 31, 2005 and by Aug. 31, 2006,	90 B. (CDS B9) Of the initial 2001 cohort, how many completed the program after Aug. 31, 2006 and by Aug. 31, 2007,
91 A. (CDS B10) Total graduating within six years (sum of CDS questions B7, B8, and B9) or by Aug. 31, 2006	91 B. (CDS B10) Total graduating within six years (sum of CDS questions B7, B8, and B9) or by Aug. 31, 2007
92 A. (CDS B11) Six-year graduation rate for 2000 cohort (Equal to CDS question B10/ CDS B6) %	92 B. (CDS B11) Six-year graduation rate for 2001 cohort (Equal to CDS question B10/ CDS B6) %

Historical six-year graduation rates.
Please verify (or enter, if missing) the percent of first-time, full-time, degree-seeking freshmen who entered in:

93 . Fall 1999 and completed a bachelor's degree from your school before fall 2005 %
94 . Fall 1998 and completed a bachelor's degree from your school before fall 2004 %

Freshman wait-listed students (students who met admission requirements but whose final admission was contingent on space availability) (CDS C2) :

110 . Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list?

>	Yes
	No

If yes, please answer the questions below for the fall 2007 admissions:
  111 . Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list 872
  112 . Number accepting a place on the waiting list 282
  113 . Number of wait-listed students admitted 31
Admission Requirements

High school completion requirement (CDS C3)
114 . Check the appropriate box to identify your high school completion requirement for degree-seeking entering students:

	High school diploma is required and GED is accepted
	High school diploma is required and GED is not accepted
>	High school diploma or equivalent is not required

115 . Does your institution require or recommend a general college-preparatory program for degree-seeking students? (CDS C4)

	Require
>	Recommend
	Neither require nor recommend

Distribution of high school units required and/or recommended. (CDS C5) Specify the distribution of academic high school course units required and/or recommended of all or most degree-seeking students using Carnegie units (one unit equals one year of study or its equivalent). If you use a different system for calculating units, please convert.

	Units Required	Units Recommended
Total academic units (Sum of 116 thru 123 excluding 118b)
116 . English
117 . Mathematics
118 . Science
118b . Of these, units that must be lab
119 . Foreign language
120 . Social studies
121 . History
122 . Academic electives
123 . Computer Science
124 . Visual / Performing Arts
125 . Other (specify)

Basis for Selection

126 . Do you have an open admission policy, under which virtually all secondary school graduates or students with GED equivalency diplomas are admitted without regard to academic record, test scores, or other qualifications? (CDS C6) If yes, check which applies:

	Yes
>	No

127 .

Open admission policy as described above for all students:

Open admission policy as described above for most students, but:

128 .	Selective admission for out-of-state students
129 .	Selective admission to some programs
130 .	Other

Explain. Please do not include bullets, paragraph breaks, special characters, or other special formatting. (500 characters maximum)

Relative importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in your first-time, first-year, degree-seeking (freshman) admission decisions. (CDS C7) Please mark one column from each row.

	Very Important	Important	Considered	Not Considered
Academic
131 . Rigor of secondary school record	>
132 . Class rank	>
133 . Academic GPA	>
134 . Recommendation(s)		>
135 . Standardized test scores	>
136 . Application essay			>
Nonacademic
137 . Interview		>
138 . Extracurricular activities	>
139 . Talent/ability			>
140 . Character/personal qualities	>
141 . First generation			>
142 . Alumni/ae relation			>
143 . Geographical residence			>
144 . State residency			>
145 . Religious affiliation/commitment				>
146 . Racial/ethnic status			>
147 . Volunteer work			>
148 . Work experience			>
149 . Level of applicant's interest			>