Bridgewater State University - Alpha Yearbook (Bridgewater, MA)

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ter St, r. Paul Bonitto, Class of 1987, returned to Bridge wa- state College to work in the Admissions Office as Staff Assis- tant. As a part of his many varied duties, he visits area schools and recruits prospective students to the College.

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An Admissions Office staff as- sistant completes another file on a prospective student. During its busiest season, the admissions staff processes over 8,000 forms for all the candidates for admis- sion to Bridgewater State College. RAISING THE Over the last few years, admissions to the fresh- man class has become more competitive. For the new incoming freshman class, Bridgewater re- ceived over 4,350 applications for 1050 openings. SAT scores of the incoming freshman were up an average of fifteen points in both the verbal and mathematics portion. It became clear that Bridge- water was becoming more competitive, attracting academic talented students who wanted to come to Bridgewater State College rather a more ex- pensive private college. It became a consensus that quality rather than quantity of the students was BSC ' s chief concern. As a part of refining the admissions process, it was announced that all stu- dents applying for next year must submit an essay. Also, the admission deadline was moved back from April 1st to March 1st, consistent with other selective college institutions. Many new standards were set in 1988, and the Admissions standards were among them. I

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