CU welcomes 4,400 New Students

Fall semester classes began Wednesday at Clemson University and more than 4,400 new freshman and transfer students are starting their Clemson careers. Approximately 3,260 freshmen are enrolled at Clemson this semester along with 1,175 transfer students. Once again, Clemson received a record number of applications for the year: 18,653 freshmen applications and 2,481 transfer applications. The unofficial average SAT score for the entering class is 1245, and approximately 52% of entering freshmen were in the top 10% of their high school classes. The projected ACT average for the class is 28. Of the transfer students, approximately 40% are coming from the Bridge to Clemson Program at Tri-County Technical College.