University of Kentucky
Transcript: Official results for either the ACT or the SAT I are required. You must apply before deadlines of fall being February 15th, Spring October 15th, and Summer February 15th. For acceptance, on the ACT you need a 19 or higher. On the SAT you need a 1450 or higher. History of UK Student Life The University of Kentucky was established by the state of Kentucky in 1865 as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of the Kentucky University. The first president was John Augustus Williams, who served only until 1868.The campus area on the edge of Lexington in 1877. The City Park became the campus and the A & M College area to the northeast became the Woodland Park and Ashland Park residential neighborhoods.In 1910 Henry Stites Barker became president following the resignation of James Patterson. Six years later, in 1916, the State University was renamed the University of Kentucky. The first team for basketball was a women team in 1902. The following year,1903, the men organized a team. At that time the college was known as Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky. The first game was February 6, 1903 against Georgetown College. It was a loss of 15-6. The Wildcat mascot didn't come until 1976-77 academic year at UK. Gary Tanner was the original mascot. Dancing and entertaining thousands of UK fans at Commonwealth Stadium and Rupp Arena during athletics events. Sports: Application Process University of Kentucky academic programs boast 80 national rankings for quality education. UK is one of only a few universities in the country with a teaching and research campus and a medical center all in one central location. The Campus: Fun Facts University of Kentucky is a public university that was founded in 1865. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 20,827, its setting is urban, and the campus size is 779 acres. It uses a semester based academic calendar. University of Kentucky's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities is 119. Its in-state tuition and fees are $10,110 out of state tuition and fees are $21,192 in 2013-2014. Outside the classroom, University of Kentucky students can get involved by joining nearly 350 different clubs, Greek life, or the Kentucky Kernel student newspaper. At this school 25.6 % of the students live in college owned or operated housing and 74.4% of students live off campus. University of Kentucky By: Destiny Trivett
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