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A group of 9 friends invest equally in a business opportunity that costs $20,000. If n more friends were to take part evenly in the investment...
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Math questions involving two equations and two unknowns can usually be combined into one equation with one unknown.
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Alcorn State University
Alcorn State, Mississippi
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- State-supported comprehensive, founded 1871, part of Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning
- Calendar semesters
- Degrees associate, bachelor's, master's, and post-master's certificates
- Rural 1756-acre campus
- Endowment $209,871
- Coed, 2,962 undergraduate students, 90% full-time, 63% women, 37% men
- Minimally difficult entrance level, 68% of applicants were admitted
Costs (2006 - 07)
- Tuition: state resident $4152 full-time, $173 per hour part-time; nonresident $9336 full-time, $389 per hour part-time
- Room and board: $4616; room only: $2330
- Waivers: employees or children of employees
Financial Aid
- Of all full-time matriculated undergraduates who enrolled in 2001,: 2,225 applied for aid, 1,805 were judged to have need, 1,787 had their need fully met. 244 Federal Work-Study jobs (averaging $2060)
- In 2001,: 450 non-need-based awards were made
- Average percent of need met: 79%
- Average financial aid package: $10,500
- Average need-based loan: $5500
- Average need-based gift aid: $4500
- Average non-need-based aid: $4900
- Average indebtedness upon graduation: $10,000
Freshmen
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Admission 2,335 applied, 1,581 admitted, 497 enrolled, 2.90 average high school GPA
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Average high school GPA 2.90
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Test scores SAT verbal scores over 500 N/R, SAT math scores over 500 N/R, ACT scores over 18 49%, SAT verbal scores over 600 N/R, SAT math scores over 600 N/R, ACT scores over 24 7%, SAT verbal scores over 700 N/R, SAT math scores over 700 N/R
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