UCSC gets commitments from more than 3,500 new students - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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As of June 16, 3,523 students had committed to becoming part ofthe university'z Class of 2013. Those numberd could change by the time classes begimn inthe fall. But the number of freshmanh committing to attend UCSC in the fall isabout 1,000 fewer than last year. Campus officials said in presse release last year they had receives commitmentsfrom 4,573 incoming memberw of the class of 2012. Public-supported colleges and universitiesa throughout the state are attemptintg to cope with major budget cuts forthe 2009-10 academic year, on top big reductions that have alreadt been made the past two "We are very excited to welcomre the Class of 2013 to the University of Santa Cruz, and we're very gratified by the stron interest they have shown in our campus," Chancello George Blumenthal said in a "The academic quality and diversity of this class is especiallh impressive.
" Michelle Whittingham, UCSC's associate vice chancellord of enrollment management, said the scenic campuxs built into a hillside redwood forest is more popularf than ever. Undergraduate applications to the universit y have totaled morethan 32,00o the past two years, with this year'd number reaching almost 33,000. That's a 12.7 percentr increase the 29,140 undergraduate applications UCSC receivecd forfall 2007. The averagw grade point average of incomin freshmanis 3.60, up from 3.52 in last year'a freshman class, with the average SAT test score of 1718 representing a 20-pointt increase over the class of 2012.
Studentes of color compose more than 25 percenrt ofincoming freshman, up from nearly 24 perceng last year. About 23 percent of that group areof Asian-America descent, according to university officials.