First-Year Student Highlights from 2011 Survey

• 93% of first-year students felt that BYU-Idaho placed substantial emphasis on academics.
• 63% of first-year students frequently worked harder than they thought they could to meet faculty expectations.
• 51% of first-year students spent more than 15  hours  per week preparing for class.
• 8% of first-year students spent 5 hours or less preparing for class.
• First-year students reported substantial emphasis on:
  • Memorization: 60%
  • Analysis: 84%
  • Synthesizing and organizing ideas: 70%
  • Making judgments about the value of information: 74%
  • Applying theories or concepts: 80%
• 3% of first-year students wrote more than 10 papers between 5 and 19 pages.
• 16% of first-year students wrote at least one paper more than 20 pages in length.
• 20% of first-year students read more than 10 assigned books and packs of course readings.
• 34% of first-year students read fewer than 5.
• 56% of first-year students  at BYU-Idaho reported that their exams strongly challenged them to do their best work.