Gettysburg College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 88% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 75% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 76% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 4% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 2.7 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• business administration/management
• political science
• psychology

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)

Summer Sessions:

• Summer session with Central Pennsylvania Consortium colleges.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in late August.

• 33% continue immediately.
• 35% continue within one year.
• 40% continue within 5 years.

• Law School: 7%
• Medical School: 5%
• Dental School: 1%
• Graduate Business Programs: 5%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 17%

• Dickinson School of Law, George Washington University, Peabody Conservatory of Music,
• Pennsylvania State University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia.

• Aetna Life and Casualty Insurance Co., Arthur Andersen, AT&T, Eastman Kodak, Maryland National Bank, Merck & Co., Procter & Gamble, U.S. Gypsum.

• Dr. Alexander Astin, author, educator, researcher; Carol Bellamy, director of the Peace Corps, former New York City council president; Frederick Fielding, attorney, former chief counsel to the President; Robert Hosking, president, CBS radio; Dr. Norman Rasmussen, nuclear engineer, recipient of Fermi prize; Dr. Michael Bishop, educator and 1989 Nobel Prize-winner in medicine.