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If the cost of a 4-minute telephone call is $0.24, then the cost of a 15-minute call at the same rate is:
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University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
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Provided by
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- State-supported university, founded 1848, part of University of Wisconsin System
- Calendar semesters
- Degrees bachelor's, master's, doctoral, first professional, post-master's, and first professional certificates
- Urban 1050-acre campus with easy access to Milwaukee
- Endowment $1.0 billion
- Coed, 30,055 undergraduate students, 91% full-time, 53% women, 47% men
- Very difficult entrance level, 58% of applicants were admitted
Costs (2006 - 07)
- Tuition: state resident $6000 full-time, $282 per credit part-time; nonresident $20,000 full-time, $866 per credit part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to degree level and reciprocity agreements. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load, degree level, and reciprocity agreements
- Required fees: $726 full-time, $32 per credit part-time
- Room and board: $6920. Room and board charges vary according to board plan, housing facility, and location
Financial Aid
- Of all full-time matriculated undergraduates who enrolled in 2005,: 19,071 applied for aid, 10,874 were judged to have need, 5,295 had their need fully met. 3,894 Federal Work-Study jobs (averaging $2640)
- In 2005,: 4000 non-need-based awards were made
- Average financial aid package: $11,310
- Average need-based loan: $3707
- Average need-based gift aid: $3854
- Average non-need-based aid: $2992
- Average indebtedness upon graduation: $18,630
Freshmen
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Admission 22,816 applied, 13,322 admitted, 5,643 enrolled, 3.67 average high school GPA
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Average high school GPA 3.67
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Test scores SAT verbal scores over 500 90%, SAT math scores over 500 97%, ACT scores over 18 100%, SAT verbal scores over 600 61%, SAT math scores over 600 81%, ACT scores over 24 91%, SAT verbal scores over 700 15%, SAT math scores over 700 31%, ACT scores over 30 26%
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