Washington and Jefferson College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 82% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 84% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 84% of our freshman graduate in four years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 2.65 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• business
• biology
• accounting

Policies

Probation Policy

The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:

• Freshmen: 2.00
• Sophomore: 2.00
• Junior: 2.00
• Senior: 2.00

Academic Calendar for 2002-03.

Academic Calendar System:

• 4-1-4 System (two semsters and one-month January interterm)

Summer Sessions:

• 2 summer session(s) that consist of 4 weeks.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in August/September.

• 60% continue within one year.

• Law School: 17%
• Medical School: 20%
• Graduate Business Programs: 5%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 16%

• Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western Reserve University, Emory University, George Washington University,
• Georgetown University, Hahnemann University, Pennsylvania State University, University of North Carolina, U
• of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, University of Virginia, West Virginia University, College of
• William & Mary, Yale U.

• ALCOA, Arthur Andersen, Coca-Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, Coopers & Lybrand, IBM, Hershey, ITT, Integra Bank, Internal Revenue Service, Xerox, Eastman Kodak, Mellon Bank, PPG Industries, AT&T.

• John Reed, president and CEO, Citibank; Robert Elliot, president and CEO, Levitz Furniture; Ronald Sandmeyer, president, Sandmeyer Steel; Robert Ivie, president and CEO, Guild Wineries; John J. Coury, president, American Medical Association.