Applications Rise at Berkeley

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>UC saw a 9 percent increase in its freshmen and transfer student applications for admission in the fall, attracting a record number of applications at a time when the governor has proposed sweeping budget cuts that would not allow enrollment to grow.</p>

<p>UC received 121,005 applications, compared with 110,994 last year. </p>

<p>The number of freshman applications to its nine undergraduate campuses grew by 7,988 to 95,201, with the Berkeley campus seeing a jump of 4,341 applications to 48,418, according to data released Tuesday by UC.</p>

<p>While UC saw a dip in applications from transfer students last year, there was an increase in applications this year - from 23,781 to 25,804.</p>

<p>The UC campuses have about 167,700 undergraduates and may not be able to grow enrollment this fall as originally anticipated.</p>

<p>Facing a statewide budget deficit of $14.5 billion over the next 18 months, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed a 10 percent reduction for UC as part of an across-the-board cut to all state agencies.</p>

<p>According to university officials, if the governor's proposed cuts are enacted, they would eliminate money the university planned to use to grow its enrollment by 5,000 students.</p>

<p>"We face a major challenge this year just as student demand for the university is reaching an all-time high," UC Provost Rory Hume said.</p>

<p>"The application numbers are very positive and very welcome, but it also illustrates the very difficult budget situation we are in today."</p>

<p>If UC cannot expand its enrollment, its efforts to diversify the student body will be undermined, UC officials said.</p>

<p>Applications from Latino and African American students, who are underrepresented on UC campuses, rose by 17.9 percent and 16.1 percent, respectively - from 14,941 last year to 17,614 this year for Latino students and from 3,527 to 4,094 for African American students.</p>

<p>If my calculations are correct applications rose 9.83 percent </p>

<p>Basing it on last years admission, if they admit the same amount as last, which is questionable because of the budget crunch, the acceptance rate will be around 21 percent. I think it will be lower though.</p>

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<p>To be honest, I think they should accept ~8,500, as they have in past years. I don't know why it's been going up so much, as they were still aiming for ~3,700, and got 4,300. Perhaps they were expecting a lower yield.</p>

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<p>Yeah last year they accepted around 10,200 but I thought I read they were aiming for 4200, although they still got more at almost 4400. Are you sure they were aiming for 3700? I might be wrong. I hope berkeley's yeild rate will increase its sad when UF has a much higher yield rate than Berkeley.</p>

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<p>Well, 3700 was its target before (I forget where I'd read it -- an admissions article, probably), and it's probably gone up. But they still overenrolled.</p>

<p>UF probably has such a high yield because it's one of the few great public universities in Florida -- it has an abnormally high yield rate for a public. In California, though, you have Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCD, UCI, UCSC, UCR -- all of which are great. Not to mention all the Cal States, the top privates like Stanford and Caltech, the great LACs like Pomona, the religious universities like USF and USD, and all the community colleges. They're so much choice in CA that Berkeley's yield, in context, is very good.</p>

<p>Regardless, I think they should work to improve it. They'll need to be more selective of those who they think will attend.</p>

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<p>^ i agree and i think this year they will be cutting the amount of admissions whether due to the budget issues or because they overenrolled.</p>

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<p>bump......</p>