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Up for a challenge? Excellence within reach. IN UIRE Yes, admission to Austin Seventy-five percent of our College is selective. But if students earn merit-based academic scholarships, and IN UIRE you’re a strong student with qIN UIRE a desire to inquire within, more than 90 percent of wITHIN students receive some type q we urge you to apply by wITHIN completing the Common of financial assistance. Application at www.commonapp.org or ApplyTexas at USTIN www.applytexas.org A ACOLLEGEUSTIN COLLEGE FACTS > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > AUSTIN COLLEGE There are no faces in the crowd at Austin College. we look you in the eye. we call you by name. Founded Students Athletics 1849; oldest college in Texas 1,208 undergraduates and 13 NCAA Division III varsity we challenge you to excel. If you want to be anonymous, choose a different school. But if you dream of connecting with others, under original charter 16 graduate students; 42 teams competing in the percent ethnic minority; 49 Southern Collegiate Athletic Type percent men and 51 percent Conference exploring the world, and discovering more about yourself, then Austin College is exactly where you belong. Private, four-year national women; 75 percent in top residential liberal arts college quarter of high school gradu- Campus ating class 85 acres on our main campus, what are you waiting for? Affiliation plus five environmental Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Attention research areas and a recreation 12:1 student-faculty ratio; area at Lake Texoma Recognition average class size of 23 Included among Colleges That students Location Change Lives by Loren Pope Sherman, Texas—a growing Faculty community of about 38,000 Academics 104 full-time faculty members, residents—located just north of Approximately 55 undergrad- 97 percent hold a Ph.D. or Dallas on Highway 75 uate majors and minors, the highest degree in their IN UIRE including pre-professional field programs; Master of Arts in

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