Class Profile

Meet the Class of 2015

This August, Saint Mary's College welcomed the Class of 2015 to the Saint Mary's family. The class included 397 first-year students from 34 states, 1 territory and 6 countries, 12 valedictorians and 41 students who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA every semester. 126 students had an alumna connection to the College, and two students had a total of 6 Saint Mary's family alumnae connections.

Academic Profile

High School Rank

36.1% were in the top 10 percent
93.9% were in the top 50 percent

ACT Score Range

63.2% scored a 25 or above on the ACT
The Middle 50% range was 23-28  

SAT Score Range

The Middle 50% range:

Critical Reading 520-630
Math 510-620
Writing 520-640

Outside the Classroom

• 766 Advanced Placement (AP) courses were selected by incoming first year students as part of their high school curriculum.
• 108 students were selected as captain of a sport during their high school career.
• 57 college courses were completed by members of the class of 2015 in their senior year of high school.
• 22 students were involved in student government all 4 years of their high school career. 
• 5 students received the Gold Scout Award and 9 students received the Silver Scout Award.
• 1 student was awarded Grand Champion in a division of the Lake Effect Horse Show Circuit. 
• 1 student earned 3 gold cups for piano in the Duquesne Music Festival.
• 1 student earned $8000 in a year for a 100-mile bike ride through Montana, raising money for diabetes.
• 1 student was a member of the Missouri Division I Girls High School Soccer State Champion team.
• 1 student graduated from Memorial Hospital’s Mini Medical University.
• 1 student is a volunteer pallbearer for the homeless
• 1 student was a representative on Senator Lugar’s Leadership Symposium.
• 1 student was not only the captain of her swim team but was also a state champion in swimming.
• 1 student was a member of the Secret Knitting and Crocheting Society.
• 1 student was a semi-finalist at the Young Epidemiology Scholars competition.
• 1 student represented the United States in figure skating.
• 1 student received the Best Delegate Award out of over 100 students during her Model United Nations trip to China.
• 1 student donated over 100 hours of childcare so that her students’ parents could attend English as a Second Language classes.
• 1 student has lived in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Jakarta.
• 1 student was a soccer player for 10 years and was on the 2010 varsity soccer All District team.
• 1 student received the highest ACT score in her high school’s history.
• 1 student founded HOPE, a breast cancer awareness club.
• 1 student has 2 world awards for Irish Dance and 1 student is a member a competitive Greek folk dancing group.
• 1 student worked on a ranch in Wyoming (not her home state) for 2 summers.
• 1 student was the art editor her senior year, won an art award at Carnegie Hall as well as a National Gold Medal.
• 1 student performs advanced research thru collaboration with Notre Dame and received a Bayer Health Award.
• 1 student took 3^rd at state for the Business Professionals of America.
• 1 student started the Agape Prayer Club at her school.
• 1 student interned at the Embassy in Rwanda.
• 1 student is a National Merit Commended student, took 1^st in the golf conference and sectionals.  She also owns her own flower business.
• 1 student was the State Champion for Future Problem Solvers and 1 student was State Champion in Spell Bowl.
• 1 student is co-president of Buy Sudan Connection Club, which raises money to send Sudanese refugees to a boarding High School in Kenya.
• 1 student plays piano, trumpet, and is a boxer.
• 1 student participated in Civil War re-enactments.
• 1 student is a black belt in Taekwondo.
• 1 student received the National Silver Medal from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for a novel that she wrote, one of three silver medals awarded out of 700 novel writing submissions.

For additional information on our first year students, contact admission@saintmarys.edu and ask for the 2011 First Year Class Profile.