The Rochester Review, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York, USA

	ROCHESTER	ALL PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES
% of class with high school grade average of A or A+ C average	44.3% .1%	33.5% .8%
% of class planning to go on for graduate degree	92.7%	85.9%
% of class whose parents have graduate degrees Father Mother	44.4% 31.3%	39.0% 24.4%
Top 5 life goals Raise a family Become authority in my own field Help others in difficulty Be very well off financially Obtain recognition from colleagues	65.1% 64.6% 64.0% 63.5% 54.6%	74.4% 69.8% 66.8% 71.3% 58.0%
5 life goals considered important by more Rochester freshmen than their national peers Make a contribution to science Be involved in environmental cleanup Achieve in a performing art Write original works Create artistic works	33.0% 23.3% 19.4% 17.6% 14.8%	20.7% 20.9% 15.3% 17.1% 13.5%
Top 5 picks for future career Physician Engineer Scientific researcher Musician Business exec Undecided Bottom 4, with Rochester picks of 0% each: Sales (.8% nationally), clergy (.3%), full-time homemaker (.1%), interior design (.2%)	24.6% 10.7% 7.4% 7.1% 4.1% 15.7%	13.9% 8.2% 2.7% 1.6% 10.1% 13.7%
Racial Background* White/Caucasian African American/Black American Indian Asian American/Asian Mexican American/Chicano Puerto Rican Other Latino Other *Some students checked more than one category, making the total more than 100%	74.7% 5.5% 1.3% 15.1% .6% 1.3% 3.2% 3.2%	73.1% 9.9% 1.6% 11.4% 3.1% 1.2% 2.6% 3.6%
Religious preference Roman Catholic Protestant Jewish Other religion None	25.3% 25.3% 14.0% 10.8% 24.6%	37.6% 32.4% 6.3% 7.6% 16.1%
Political orientation Far left Liberal Middle of the road Conservative Far right	2.3% 36.9% 41.9% 18.3% .6%	2.5% 28.7% 44.6% 22.8% 1.5%
Survey includes Eastman freshmen as well as those in the College.

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