Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1976 [PAGE 582]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Requirements for Nonresidents The University of Illinois is a State-supported institution and therefore accepts almost all of its students from those applicants who are residents of the State of Illinois. A maximum of 10 percent of entering students may be selected from nonresident applicants who present grade-point averages of 4.5 or greater on a 5.0 scale and a composite Dental Admission Test (DAT) academic average of 7.0 or greater and a composite Perceptual Motor Ability Test (PMAT) average of 7.0 or greater. Selection of Applicants Since the capacity of the College of Dentistry is limited, selection of applicants is necessary. This selection is based upon the quality of data presented by each applicant and upon the changing needs of society. T o meet these societal needs, the college has programs that identify, admit, and graduate people from nonurban areas and minority backgrounds. At the present time, for the purposes of this program, minority groups who are underrepresented in the dentist community and who are concentrated in areas of high need are: American Indians, Black Americans, and Americans of Hispanic origin. Applicants from other racial and ethnic backgrounds who wish to apply for consideration under this program will be included if they are able to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Admissions Committee that by reason of their identification with other minority groups who are also demonstrably underrepresented and concentrated in areas of high need, or by reason of their commitment to service in areas of high need (as reflected in their past record of community service) their inclusion would be consistent with the purposes of the program. No student will be considered who is on scholastic probation or who had been dropped for poor scholarship from the last institution attended, prior to seeking admission to the University of Illinois. In selecting applicants, the Committee on Admissions takes into consideration such factors as scholastic records, the schools and colleges previously attended, letters of recommendation (especially from teachers in the laboratory sciences), health records, Dental Admission Test (DAT) scores, and such special examinations as may be determined by the committee. The committee may waive full compliance of the requirements for applicants possessing unusual qualifications.

Modification of the Requirements for Admission to the College of Pharmacy, Medical Center

(14) The Senate at the Medical Center campus has approved a revised admission policy statement recommended by the faculty and the Dean of the College of Pharmacy. (A copy of the revised statement follows.) The revision incorporates all current admission requirements and in addition includes (1) a new requirement for the submission by all applicants of thenscores for the Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) and either the American College Testing (ACT) program or the Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT) ; (2) a new provision that a maximum of 10 percent of the entering students in any year may be selected from nonresident applicants; and (3) a new provision for considering certain applicants within the context of societal needs. T h e proposed revision would become effective for applicants seeking admission in September of 1977. The University Committee on Admissions has endorsed the proposal. T h e Chancellor at the Medical Center and the Vice President for Academic Affairs concur.