Agnes Scott College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 75% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 62% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 56% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 3% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 2.75 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• psychology
• biology
• English

Policies

Probation Policy

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

• Freshmen: 1.50
• Sophomore: 1.75
• Junior: 1.91
• Senior: 2.00

Graduation Policy:

• The minimun GPA that a student needs to maintain in order to graduate is 2.00.

Academic Calendar

Academic Calendar System:

• Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)

Summer Sessions:

• Two summer sessions of 4-1/2 weeks each.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in August.

• 64% continue immediately.

• Law School: 1%
• Medical School: 3%
• Graduate Business Programs: 3%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 14%
• Other: 15%

• Agnes Scott College, Emory U.

• Marsha Norman, playwright; Catherine Marshall LeSourd, author; Susan M. Phillips, member of Federal Reserve Board; Rachel Henderlite, first woman ordained in Presbyterian Church; Jean Toal, chief justice, South Carolina Supreme Court; Ila Burdette, Georgia's first female Rhodes Scholar.