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Minority Applicants Now the Majority at UCSD, UC

After seeing a dip in the number of applications for fall 2005, UCSD received 5.5 percent more applications this year, postng increases in all minority groups.

At UCSD, Asian American applicants remain the majority, at 14,833 applicants. Asian-Americans are also applying at one of the highest rates compared to other ethnicities, with a 1,924 increase in Asian American applicants this year, according to data released by the UCSD Office of Admissions and Registration.

In addition, blacks applied in the largest numbers in UCSD history.

Since last year, 12.6 percent more blacks applied to UCSD, but they remain the second smallest minority in the applicant pool, after Native Americans.

The number of whites applying to UCSD increased only 1 percent from last year and is a total of 33 percent of the current application pool.

The rise in minority applicants can be attributed to outreach efforts, according to Assistant Vice Chancellor of Admissions and Registration Mae W. Brown. However, UCSD is striving to diversify its population beyond ethnicity, she said.

The campus’ application data mirrored numbers at other UC schools. UCSD ranks second in the size of its application pool at almost 52,500, while UCLA leads the nine undergraduate campuses with more than 60,000 applicants.

Overall, the university system received 7.6 percent more applicantions than last year. UCSD ranked second-to-last, however, in growth rate of applications, increasing only 5.5 percent.

Every college at UCSD received more applicants except for Sixth College, which dropped almost 13 percent.

John Muir College received the most applicants at 11,183. However, Revelle College had the largest increase in applicants with over 17 percent growth.

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