They’re baaaaaacccckkkkkk!!!!

by Michael Heine · August 28, 2008

UW-Green Bay welcomed the most freshmen ever into the residence halls and on-campus apartments at Move In Day Thursday, Aug. 28.

More than 800 new freshmen will call the Residence Life area their home-away-from-home for the 2008-09 academic year, making the ever-present smell of macaroni and cheese and Ramen noodles even more prevalent in the northeast corner of campus.

A look at the 2008-09 freshman class by the numbers

Freshman applications received:	3,668
Number offered admission:	2,629
Total freshman class enrolled:	1,024
Freshmen women:	631
Freshmen men:	393
Average GPA:	3.27
Perfect 4.0 GPAs:	23
Average ACT score:	23
Freshmen from minority backgrounds:	79 (8%)
Freshmen of Native American heritage:	20 (2%)
Freshmen from Green Bay Public High Schools:	83 (8%)
High schools contributing the most freshmen to this class:	Preble High School – 34 students, Bay Port High School – 26 students
Freshmen from Brown County schools (including GBPS):	190 (19%)
Freshmen from the NEW North Region (including Brown County):	489 (48%)
Wisconsin counties represented:	63 of 72
States represented:	12 (including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Virginia and Washington)
Freshmen living on campus:	810, a new record (breaking 763 in 2006-07)
Freshmen athletes playing for the Phoenix:	56
Freshmen military veterans:	3