Wheaton College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 86% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 68% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 70% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 1% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 2.71 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• psychology
• English literature
• economics

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:

• Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in August, September, and January.

• 23% continue immediately.
• 22% continue within one year.
• 50% continue within 5 years.

• Law School: 8%
• Medical School: 7%
• Dental School: 2%
• Graduate Business Programs: 4%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 30%
• Theological School/Seminary: 1%

• Boston University School of Law, Boston College School of Law and Graduate School of Arts and
• Sciences, Smith College of Social Work, Tulane University School of Law, Suffolk University School of
• Law, Yale University School of Law, University of Michigan Medical Sch.

• BayBanks, Copithorne & Bellows Public Relations, Mellon Financial Services, Sotheby's.

• Christine Todd Whitman, governor of New Jersey; Leslie Stahl, CBS newscaster; Patricia King, professor of law, Georgetown University, and education lobbyist.