This document contains a summary descriptive analysis of a sample of 19,716 students who took the ACT test (American College Testing Program) and were enrolled in the public community colleges of Illinois during the fall 1975 term. The sample of students represented 12% of the total freshman enrollment and 20% of the full-time freshman enrollment in the public community colleges. Data indicated: (1) the ACT composite score for Illinois public community college freshmen was 17.3 and their average high school grade point average (GPA) was 2.6; (2) the public college freshmen had lower ACT scores and GPA's when compared to all Illinois college-bound students and as compared to national norms; (3) 50% of the students indicated they planned to apply for financial assistance and 56% anticipated working while in college; (4) 32% planned to obtain a two-year degree, 7% aspired to a less than two-year certificate, and 56% aspired to a bachelor's degree; (5) health and business and commerce professions were tied in popularity as the first vocational choice (18%) of the community college freshmen; and (6) "field of study" was cited by 47% of the students as the single most important factor in making their college choice, while 22% cited tuition cost as the most important factor. Sixteen tables of data presented throughout the report reflect analyses of selected student characteristics. (JDS)