Incoming Freshmen Survey 2012
Development and Final Responses
August 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 Session
Session
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.
2012 Responses
Only includes survey responses for
completed surveys.
I have filed for federal financial aid at Ole Miss:
72%
Yes
17%
No
I do not know
I prefer not to answer
10%
1%
How sure are you about your choice of academic major?
17%
I am not sure
38%
I am fairly sure
46%
I am very sure
I plan to pledge a sorority or fraternity at Ole Miss.
57%
Yes
No
I am not sure/have not yet decided
19%
25%
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".
Trigonometry
A
B
C
D
F
Did Not Take
Did Not Respond
Algebra I
A
B
C
D
F
Did Not Take
Did Not Respond
38%
22%
5%
1%
1%
32%
0%
63%
30%
6%
0%
0%
0%
Algebra II
A
B
C
D
F
Did Not Take
Did Not Respond
College Algebra
54%
34%
9%
2%
1%
A
B
C
D
F
Did Not Take
Did Not Respond
17%
6%
2%
0%
0%
74%
0%
Pre-Calculus
A
B
C
D
F
Did Not Take
Did Not Respond
Calculus
37%
23%
6%
1%
0%
32%
0%
A
B
C
D
F
Did Not Take
Did Not Respond
21%
11%
1%
1%
0%
66%
0%
Did you take math your senior year in high school?
86%
Yes
No
14%
Please indicate how important each of the following was in your decision to attend Ole Miss.
Relative to high school, I expect college-level academic work to be:
Significantly Easier
1%
Somewhat Easier
3%
8%
About the Same
54%
Somewhat More Difficult
34%
Significantly More Difficult
Relative to high school, I expect my GPA in college to be:
16%
significantly better
29%
somewhat better
47%
About the Same
8%
somewhat worse
significantly worse
0%
Only includes survey responses for
completed surveys.