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THE BLUE BANNER/November 6, 1986/5 GNCA freshmen score higher on SAT By LIbby Ramsey Staff Writer This fall, the enter ing freshman class scored a mean of 933 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), some 13 points over last year's mean. Universities and col leges use the nation wide test to determine a student's entry le vel. A perfect score is 1600, 8Q0 on both the verbal and mathematic sections. In comparison with four other state uni versities, tJNCA ranked third in overall fresh man SAT scores: • UNC-Chapel Hill, mean SAT score of 1,087 (up 17 points) • N.C. State Univer sity, 1,023 (up seven points) • UNCA, 933 (up 13 points) • Appalachian State University, 904 (up seven points) • Western Carolina Uni versity, 845 (increase or decrease not avail able) "These institutional research figures give us a basis of compari son; however, each of the five universities compared has a varying degree program which attracts different types of students," said Dr. Archer Grave ly, director of insti tutional research at UNCA. UNCA's 181 male freshmen scored higher' on both verbal (462) and math (502) for a mean SAT score of 964 than did their 200 fe male classmates. The females had a mean of 448 on verbal and 457 on math for a total of 905, according to Gravely. Math scores were higher than verbal for both sexes at all five universities where com plete figures were available. Also, a recent survey of nationwide SAT scores by the College Board indicated UNCA freshman scored better than the national aver age in both the verbal and math sections. UNCA's overall aver age of 454 on the ver bal section is 23 points above the na tional average. While the nationwide math average was 475, UNCA's was four points higher. The national average combined SAT score was 906. UNCA's was 27 points higher. Some administrators felt UNCA's SAT scores show a student's pro- bability for success. "SAT scores are one of three indicators of success at UNCA. The other two are life achievements and class rank," said Chancellor David Brown. There are some stu dents who do well here in spite of the fact that they do not have a high SAT score, Brown added, but "usually success at UNCA is sig naled by previous suc cess in life. "I believe that the SAT test taken alone is not an accurate measure of a student's proba bility of success in college, but do believe it is a key indicator of a student's likeli hood of success," he said. Gravely attributes the increasing SAT scores to the Honors Program that began in 1985. Dr. Phyllis Betts, director of the univer sity scholars honors program, said that the honors program was con ceived to attract "more talented and more moti vated freshmen. "We are beginning to scout students this fall, using scores pro- r vided by the college SAT. The absolute bot tom SAT score has to be at least 1,000. In December, we are having an open house for pro spective incoming ho nors freshmen," Betts said. The program will seek out the top 20 percent of high school graduat ing seniors and the top 10 percent of incoming freshman applicants. "SAT scores," ac cording to Betts, "are reviewed every two years. There is a de monstrated correlation between high SAT scores ^and success in college." Internships may lead to permanent positions By Libby Ramsey Staff Writer While offering a stu dent hands-on exper ience in a chosen field, a summer intern ships often becomes a full-time job after the student graduates. Although some intern ships do not earn the student credit, they can be valuable to a student, according to David Johnston, direc tor of the UNCA career center. "It makes sense for companies to hire stu dents who have worked with them before and already have experi ence," Johnston said. They also give stu dents an opportunity to get experience in their desired field before graduation and to ex plore the reality of this field. Also, the experience looks good on a job resume, ac cording to Johnston. ’/Most in.t.ja^rriships re quire a \'rtinimum grade point average. Students generally should complete their sophomore year and be returning to campus in the fall. Other eligibility requirements, pay, cre dits, and dates of ser vice vary with each position. Students at UNCA ex pressing interest in an internship can apply for currently listed internships or create their own. Faculty members with in a student's depart ment may help in decid ing upon an area of interest and applying for internships the department has already arranged. Johnston encouraged students to write their own internships, with the assistance of their department head, if none exist in their field of inter est. The department head will decide if the receive cr^it 'ioir their work. There are three steps, according to Johnston, in creating an internship; • The student chooses a field of interest and the geographic area he/she wants. For in stance, a student may want to work with an advertising agency in Raleigh. He prepares a list of all ad agencies in that area and sends each a resume. Then he follows up with a phone call. • The student makes contacts in his/her field of interest by asking familiar people in the field about oth ers. This is called networking. • The student looks through any printed directories available which offer internship information. Reference books list ing available intern ships are in the Career Library at the Career Center. These reference books, catalog internships available at the state, phy, hospitals, thea- national and xnterna— tres and foundations, tional levels. Fields The application dead- for internships include line for next summer is journalism, photogra- Jan. 16, 1987. staff photo-MI Che Ie Samuel Is it worth the wait? Students April Scott, Ken Baldwin and others patiently wait for dinner. Long lines sometimes are a problem at the cafeteria.
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